LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Liberal of Wisebeach
On the 15th April, at daylight, a sloop was observed to be on shore on the south end of the Goodwin Sands. As soon as there was sufficient water on the sands for a boat to cross them, the Walmer life-boat was launched, and proceeded under...
Kate
The schooner Kate, of Peel, bound to Runcorn from Looe, with a crew of four and a cargo of china clay, was sheltering in Moelfre Roads on the 31st January when she caught fire. A whole S.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea and rain....
November (1)
NOVEMBER MEETING INCHCOLM ISLAND, FIFESHIRE. On the evening of the 15th of July, 1945, five men and women of the Services went out on pleasure in a naval dinghy intending to sail from Aberdour to Inchcolm. They started in calm weather, but...
Category: Services
The Sea Chart: the Illustrated History of Nautical Maps and Navigational Charts
The Sea Chart: the Illustrated History of Nautical Maps and Navigational Charts
by John Blake
Review by Tim Corke
The history of Great Britain has been governed by the sea and maritime...
Category: Articles
Fishing Boats (7)
OCT. 26TH. - EYEMOUTH, BERWICKSHIRE.
A whole N.E. by N. gale was blowing, with a very rough sea in Eyemouth Bay. Four local fishing boats were waiting to enter the port. The motor life-boat Frank and William Oates was...
Swallow
CABIN CRUISER SAVED At 11.5 p.m. on nth September, 1965, the coastguard reported that he had seen a cabin cruiser run ashore, but that she had refloated. She went ashore for a second time a little later and burnt a red flare, so at 11.20 the...
A Rowing Boat (1)
Youghal, and Ballycotton, Co. Cork, and Helvick Head, Co. Waterford.—At ten o'clock on the night of the 21st of July, 1954, a woman told the Youghal life- boat coxswain that her husband and another man had put out from Youghal on...
A Boat from Sira
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At three o'clock on the morning of the 18th of February, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat from the Swedish tanker Sira of Vaster- vik, with a crew of four, had not re- turned...
Lowestoft Steam Drifter Feaco In Which the Author Sailed When Steam Drifters Went Out Herring Gulls Followed; Very Often It Was the Gulls Which Led the Skippers to the Shoa
Lowestoft steam drifter Feaco, in which the author sailed. When steam drifters went out, herring gulls followed; very often it was the gulls which led the skippers to the shoals offish.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
E. P. BARRUS LIMITED
OUTBOARDS MARINER DOESNT JUST PROMISE RELIABILITY it proves it! II you're considering buying an outboard, whatever the size, you'll have noticed that almost every manufacturer promised GREATER RELIABILITY as an Important reason for...
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