LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Great International Fisheries Exhibition, 1883
SINCE the great International Exhibition of 1851, promoted by the late lamented and ever-to-be-remembered PRINCE Conr- SORT, and carried to a successful termina- tion under his auspices, there have been many such exhibitions in this and...
Category: Articles
Summer reads
Will you choose an adventure story to enjoy by the pool, or a handy guide to prepare for a sailing trip?
World Cruising Destinations:
An Inspirational Guide to All Sailing Destinations by Jimmy and Doina...
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Britannia
Clovelly, Devon - At 7 a.m. on 2nd October, 1969, the life-boat Grace Paterson Ritchie, on temporary dutyat the station, intercepted a distress signal from the motor yacht Britannia reporting that she was in difficulties with a broken rudder...
People and Places
Listen very carefully. . . as Rene draws the lotteryGorden Kaye who stars as Rene in television's 'Allo 'Allo, drew the winning tickets of the 74th lifeboat lottery at Poole on 31 July 1996.
Brian Miles, RNLI...
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Jeanne Gougy
TWELVE MEN LOST FROM FRENCH TRAWLER Sennen Cove, and Penlee, Cornwall.
At 5.21 on the morning of the 3rd November, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain of the Sennen Cove life-boat that a vessel was ashore on the...
Fishing smack "Ebenezer" of Lowestoft, after the crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Motor Life-boat, "Agnes Cross."
Fishing smack " Ebenezer " of Lowestoft, after the crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Motor Life-boat, "Agnes Cross.". - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 8th January, 1891.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Finance and Corre-...
Category: Committee
Four Trawlers
North Sunderland, Northumberland - On I5th August, 1966, four trawlers were sheltering in the lea of the Fame Islands awaiting the tide, and the seas were very heavy across the harbour mouth. At 11.30 a.m. the life-boat Grace Darling was...
Chalon
Campbeltown, Argyllshire - At 12.30 p.m. on igth June, 1967, a message was received that the motor fishing vessel Chalon, which had left Campbeltown on the 18th to attend to her lobster pots at Arran, had broken down on the return journey...
Record of Rescues In 1963
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