LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Imperial Airways Aeroplane Boadicea (1)
Dungeness, Kent, and Hastings, Sussex.
—On the evening of the 25th September it was reported by the coastguard that the Imperial Airways aeroplane Boadicea, bound from Croydon to Paris, was missing. She had last been seen...
A Royal Air Force Rescue Launch
Anstruther, Fifeshlre. — About two o'clock on the afternoon of the 15th of December, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that a Royal Air Force rescue launch had picked up a badly injured airman from an R.A.F. heli- copter, which during...
Aldershot
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. At 9.50 on the evening of the 25th of March, 1961, the coastguard informed the honor- ary secretary that the trawler Aldershot had an injured man aboard, who needed medical assistance, and that she was expected to...
Another Happy Collector
A LADY member of the Institution's branch at Crewe is a very keen gar- dener. She sells both plants and cut flowers, taking them by bus into the town where she has many standing orders and more requests than she can fulfil. The manager...
Category: Donations
Mercurius
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 11.20 on the night of the 15th of November, 1949, during a fog, the coastguard reported that two ships had been in collision off Thames Haven. As a result, four men were adrift in a ship's boat, others...
Killurin
St. Helier, Jersey.—At 5.20 ill the morning of the 7th of February, 1950, the Harbour Office telephoned to say the St. Helier pilot boat had wirelessed that the motor vessel Killurin, of London, had run on the rocks, later identified as Les...
The Platform Party After the Life-Boat Naming Ceremony at Kilmore Quay Co Wexford Republic of Ireland on 10th June 1972 By Mrs Brian Lenihan In the Presence Of
The platform party after the life-boat naming ceremony at Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford, Republic of Ireland, on 10th June, 1972, by Mrs, Brian Lenihan, in the presence of the Minister for Transport and Power.
A 37-foot Oakley... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bessey III
LIFE-BOAT COXSWAIN DIES AFTER HIS FISHING BOAT SINKS Coverack, Cornwall. On Tuesday the 30th of July, 1963, a telephone message was received by the second coxswain from the mechanic that the fishing vessel Bessey III, of Coverack, owned by...
The International 505 Yacht Rogue
TWO LANDED FROM CAPSIZED RACING YACHT Wicklow, Co. Wicklow. At 2.50 on the afternoon of Saturday the 24th of August, 1963, the coxswain received a telephone message from a member of the public who had seen a red flare being burnt on board a...
CORRECTION
Mr. J. P. Morris, of Coventry, who is a member of the Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society, was quick to spot an inaccuracy in the caption to the photograph of the Workington life-boat which appeared on page 493 of the December, 1968, issue Of...
Category: Articles