LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Obituary
Sir Frederick Moneypenny, Bt., C.V.O., C.B.E., of Belfast.
BY the death on 4th October, at the age of seventy-three, of Sir Frederick Money- penny, Bt., C.V.O., C.B.E., City Cham- berlain of Belfast and Private Secretary to...
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The S.S. Craig
Caister, Norfolk.—At 2.15 in the morning of the 2nd of May, 1952, the Gorleston coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Craig, of Leith, had gone aground and was bumping heavily on the beach three miles north-west of Cockle Buoy. A very...
The Converted Ship's Boat Permit
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 1.0 in the afternoon on the 7th of August, 1951, the Formby coastguard reported that a cutter rigged yacht was off Formby Point. Twenty minutes later he said conditions were bad and her sails had been damaged. At 1...
Tourquet
The steam trawler Touqtiet, of Boulogne, ran ashore in a dangerous position at Moor Sands, about one mile west of Prawle Point, on the llth April. She had a cargo of fish on board, and carried a crew of twenty-two. Only a light southerly...
Ephratah
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.—At 4.10 in the morning of the 4th of September, 1948, information was received that a trawler, which had gone ashore at Saddle Point, was blowing her syren and burning flares, and the motor life- boat White Star was...
The Store-Yard of the National Life-Boat Institution
THE annexed engraving represents the Store-yard of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. It comprises sheds for stowage of Life-boats and their carriages, a rigging loft and ample store-rooms, an office for the storekeeper in charge, and two...
Category: Articles
MBE for fundraiser
Last issue we reported on eight RNLI staff and volunteers who were honoured by HM The Queen in the 2015 New Year Honours list. We thought we’d captured them all, but unfortunately one slipped through the net: Chris Fonteyn MBE JP. Chris was...
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Kestral
Broughty Ferry, Angus.—At 4.10 in the afternoon of the 3rd of December, 1949, the life-boat coxswain saw a motor boat drifting down the river Tay. There • was a man on board, waving his jacket. At 4.18 the life- boat Mono was launched in a...
United States Life-Saving Service
AT the close of the fiscal year (30th June) 1899 the establishment of the Life-Saving Service of the United States embraced 265 stations. Of this number 193 were situated on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, 56 on the coasts of the Great Lakes,...
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