LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Brixham Smack Fiona
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - At 8.24 p.m. on 19th April, 1969, the coastguard reported that a fishing boat was in difficulties one and a half miles off Downies village, Porthlethen.
The life-boat Southern Africa, on temporary...
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
WALTON-ON-NAZE, ESSEX.—At 9.30 A.M. on the 26th Feb., 1904, a telephone message was received from the Gunfleet Lighthouse stating that a vessel was aground on the sands. The crew and helpers of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 14 were at once...
Category: Services
An Anson Aeroplane
FEBRUARY 2ND. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
An Anson aeroplane had been reported to have crashed in the sea, but the life-boat was recalled by the naval authorities. - Rewards, £5 16s. 6d..
Wreck of the S.S. "Ontario," on the Hasborough Sands
THIS fine steamer was totally wrecked on the Hasborough Sands, off the Norfolk coast, on the 20th October last, having grounded there on the Sunday previously. She belonged to Liverpool, and was 2,880 tons burden, and was commanded by a...
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These Men Have One of the Most Demanding Jobs In Britain' the Tenby Lifeboat Crew
These men have one of the most demanding jobs in Britain'. The Tenby lifeboat crew (above) featured in one of two RNLI promotional packs, which have proved extremely worthwhile in recruiting new members.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Painting the Life-Boats of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution
IN order to insure regularity in painting the life-boats of the Institution, and the use of the best description of paint, its Committee have decided on forwarding the requisite supply of paint, each year, direct from the...
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Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the September and October Meetings of the Committee of Management
September Meeting.
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—On the 15th May, 1938, an outboard motor boat capsized about two hundred yards off shore and four and a half miles west of Clacton. A slight S.S.E. breeze was blowing, with a choppy...
Category: Services
Older Lifeboats Had An Honoured Place: the Elliott Gill (Left) One of the Liverpool Lifeboats and Robert and Ellen Robson the Ex- Whitby Pulling Boat a Launching Tract
Older lifeboats had an honoured place: The Elliott Gill (left), one of the Liverpool lifeboats, and Robert and Ellen Robson, the ex- Whitby pulling boat. - View image in PDF
A launching tractor nearby was a constant joy to children.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Explosive Catch
MR. F. DOWNS, a member of the Whitstable inshore rescue boat crew, recently helped to save his own fishing boat from a possible explosion by a German magnetic mine.
His fishing boat, Harvester II, was found to have a German...
Category: Services
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.—The Life-boat Duncan was launched from this station at 6 A.M. on the 10th October last, and rescued 2 men from a perilous position on board the fishing smack Gleaner. A sudden storm had compelled a number of fishing...
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