LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Egremont
MARGATE.—On the evening of the 18th March the coastguards reported that a vessel off the Margate Sandhead buoy had just lost her foremast and gear, bnt was not showing any signal for assistance.
A strong gale was then...
Fishing Cobles
As several fishing cobles had been over- taken by a strong S.S.W. gale with a rough, sea on 3rd November, the No. 1 Pulling and Sailing Life-boat Forester put out at 9.30 A.M., went in the direction of the fishing grounds, about four miles...
Lloyd's II
A NEW LIFE-BOAT, Lloyd's II, was presented to the Institution at Ilfracombe, Devon, on I3th September, 1966, by Mr. R. W. Sturge, chairman of Lloyd's, on behalf of Lloyd's. The life-boat, which was so named by Mrs. Sturge,...
Category: Inaugurations
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JUNE 10TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
Flares and rockets had been seen, but they were part of a firework display at Hunstanton, about which no warning had been given. - Rewards, £14 1s..
The S.S. Ellerbeck
At 10 A.M.
\ on the 15th August information was \ received, by telephone, from the Smalls I Lighthouse that a steamer had gone ashore on the "Hats and Barrels" Rock.
The motor Life-boat...
Fig 3: (Right) Building Starts of the First 47Ft Steel Fast Slipway Lifeboat Prototype the Gunwale Is Laid Down on a Deck Jig and the Five Watertight Bulkheads and Transom Erected Photographs By Cour
Fig 3: (right) Building starts of the first 47ft steel fast slipway lifeboat prototype. - View image in PDF
The gunwale is laid down on a deck jig and the five watertight bulkheads and transom erected.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Radstock
MAY 6TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK. At about 5 P.M. the life-boat coxswain heard a ship sounding “ V ” in morse on her whistle, ” I need assistance “, and the motor life-boat Royal Silver Jubilee 1910-1935 was launched at 6.30 P.M. A strong northerly...
The S.S. Circassian Prince (1)
PALLING AND WINTERTON, NORFOLK.— Daring a strong breeze from W.N.W., a heavy sea, and thick weather on the night of the 21st March, the Palling No. 2 Life-boat British Workman and the Winterton No. 2 Life-boat Margaret proceeded to the...
The Danish S.S. Niord
CULLERCOATS.—At 8.30 P.M. on the 5th January, the Life-boat Go-operator No.
was launched and proceeded to the assistance of the Danish s.s. Niord, bound from Copenhagen for the Tyne with a general cargo, which had stranded...
An Aeroplane (142)
OCTOBER 22ND. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
At 2.57 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that an aeroplane had come down in the sea S.E. of the Fairlight Coastguard Station A light E.S.E. breeze was blowing and the sea...