LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Baxtergate
Barrow, Lancashire. At 11.15 on the morning of the 1st of July, 1959, a firm of shipping agents informed the coxs- wain that the father of a boy aboard the s.s. Baxtergate of London was danger- ously ill. As there was no other suitable boat...
A Boat
CEMAES, ANGLESEY.—The Ashtonian Life-boat put off at 2.30 P.M., on the 28th August, and brought safely back to land a boat containing two men, which was drifting out to sea during a strong S.W.
wind. Her occupants were...
A Boat
At 2.30 P.M. on the 15th May the coastguard received a telephone message from Gravir post office that at 7 A.M. three men had put off from Lemreway in an open boat to fish, and had not been seen or heard of since. A strong N.N.E. gale was...
A Boat
TWO BOYS SAVED At 2.55 p.m. on I2th November, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two boys in army uniform appeared to be in difficulties in a boat about two hundred and fifty yards off Cleethorpes. The anchor cable of...
Harmony
About 9 P.M. on the 9th May the wind began to freshen from the north and quickly increased to a whole gale, causing ,a very rough sea. The fishing- boat Harmony, of Eyemouth, was at the j time lying to her nets, and found it impossible to...
The Motor Boats I'll Try and the Edward and Ernest
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 10.53 A.M. on the 20th November, 1938, several small motor boats with angling parties were out to the north of the harbour. The S. by W. wind was increasing and the sea was getting...
William and Martha (1)
Whitby, Yorkshire - At 8.50 a.m. on 24th May, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that a heavy swell was building up on the bar and that at least one of the smaller cobles was at sea.
The life-boat Mary Ann...
The Ladies' Life-Boat Guild. H.R.H. The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Patron
H.R.H. the Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Patron.AT the end of 1923, H.R.H. the Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, who had already shown her personal interest in the Life-boat Service by becoming Pre- sident of the Kensington Branch on...
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Atlantis
ENGINE FAILURE Selsey, Sussex. At 1.15 p.m. on nth January, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the German motor vessel Atlantis then two miles south-west of Littlehampton had broken down with engine trouble and...
Stacks Of Support
Selling Our Secrets, Silly Odd Socks, Soup Or Sandwiches … once again, lifeboat crews, lifeguards and supporters got into the spirit of SOS Day on 29 January.
Celebrity supporters included stars of Emmerdale, the Llanelli...
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