LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Celtic
OCT. 14TH. - MARGATE, KENT. -During the morning a sailing barge was seen dragging her anchor off Margate Jetty. A northerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea, and it was decided to send out the motor life-boatThe Lord Southborough...
Safely Ashore - Two
Safely ashore - two. Three weeks after the St Peter Port incident the 60ft fishing vessel Avalon II was in collision with a large tanker on 28 January, sinking while the Torbay lifeboat was on her way to the scene.
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Category: Photographs
Nothing Could Persuade Five -year- Old Treve Davis
Nothing could persuade fiveyear- old Treve Davis to take a lift during an 11-mile sponsored walk in aid of Penlee lifeboat station. His proud grandfather, Shoreline member Mr L. C. Cornish of Penzance, sent in this photograph which was taken... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Some Unusual Services
Rescue of Bathers.
DURING the summer there have, been several unusual calls made upon Life- boats, and in four cases it has been found necessary to launch them to bathers in distress. At Sennen Cove, on the afternoon of...
Category: Services
Minnie Flossie, of Bideford
OCTOBER 24TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
At 6.22 in the morning the coastguard reported that distress signals had been seen from the auxiliary ketch Minnie Flossie, of Bideford, which had dragged her anchor and was drifting...
A Swedish Presentation
THE Swedish Life-boat Society has awarded to the Institution its plaque of merit and two diplomas, each of which has this record: Swedish Life-boat Society pre- sents to the Royal National Life-boat Institution its plaque of merit for out-...
Category: Awards
Cook Book
The sale of the R.N.L.I. cook book, which was described on page 175 of the October Journal, is going very well and many people have praised the selection of recipes as catering for many tastes. Mrs. Keen has been at pains to include simple...
Category: Articles
Christine, Aeron Belle and The Ketch, Ketch
During a S.W, gale on the 27th January, signals of distress were shown by the ketch Christine, of Milford, which had stranded on the Dogger Bank. The crew of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 15 were at once assembled, but before they had...
Two Boats
Padstow, and St. Ires, Cornwall.—At 7.45 in the evening of the 25th of Sept- ember, 1949, the Trevose Head coast- guard telephoned the Padstow life-boat authorities that a rowing boat with a crew of four was trying to get ashore in...