LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Langton Grange
The steamer Langton Grange, of London, a vessel of upwards of nine thousand tons register, belonging to the Houlder Line, stranded during a dense fog on the 5th August on the North Bishop Rocks.
Her signals of distress were...
Alistair Dunning, of Pfizer
Alistair Dunning, of Pfizer presents Nigel French and Dr Crawford, Ramsgate chairman with a cheque for £5,000 which will fund a year's crew training at the station.. - View image in PDF
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Anchor Shot As Aids to Launching Life-Boats
IN the year 1845 it was first proposed to throw an anchor or grapnel from a mortar, with a line attached to it, for the purpose of hauling boats afloat through a surf. In that year a Mr. OFFORD, of Great Tar- mouth, designed a grapnel, with...
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WHAT’S ON
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FISH SUPPER AND QUIZ
North Kessock Village Hall,...
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Pindos
The four- masted barque Pindos, of Hamburg, carrying a crew of twenty-eight hands, put into Falmouth for orders when homeward bound from Chili with a cargo of nitrate, and shortly after noon on the 10th February again left that port in tow...
Dorothy
At 1.10 P.M. on the 12th May, a report was received from the Coastguard that a barge was ashore on the Gunfleet Sands.
The Life-boat James Stevens No. 14 was sent to her assistance and found that she was in a very dangerous...
Shore-Boat Services Rewarded In 1878
Jan. 3.—Voted II. !0s. to 3 men of Lerwick, N.B., who rescued 3 persons from the smack Teazer, of Sandsair, Shetland, which had been caught by a squall, and had sunk off Bressay, Shetland, on the 31st October.
Also 41. to...
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PAUL HANCOCK HELM ROCK LIFEBOAT STATION
We were paged, got to the station and told we were looking for someone in the water. The conditions were wind against tide … rough, choppy, an extremely cold wind. The area we searched is between an island and headland – the tide runs... - View image in PDF
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(Right) the Grp Hull Is Stiffened With Frames (18" Maximum Centres) and Longitudinals Constructed of Foam Formers Over-Laminated With Chopped Glass Mat, Unidirectio
(Right) The GRP hull is stiffened with frames (18" maximum centres) and longitudinals constructed of foam formers over-laminated with chopped glass mat, unidirectional tape and resin.. - View image in PDF
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The American Steamer Am-Mer-Mar
JANUARY 30TH. - WALMER, KENT. The American steamer Am-Mer-Mar had gone ashore on the Goodwin Sands, but she got off without help. - Rewards, £31 17s. 6d..