LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Penta, of Glasgow
JULY 18TH. - FENIT,. CO. KERRY. On the 13th of July the sailing yacht Penta, of Glasgow, had anchored about 500 yards eastsouth- east of the pier at Fenit. She had on board her owner, his wife and their maid.
On the 18th a...
Weymouth Ladies' Guild
Weymouth ladies' guild raised £700 for branch funds at its annual wine and cheese party in the Springfield Room at Devenish Brewery on April I . The Mayor of Weymouth and Portland, Mrs Joyce Litschi, presented an oil painting of... - View image in PDF
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Brabant and Empire Commerce
JUNE 9TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 12.27 P.M. a message was received from the Margate coastguard that a vessel had been mined at the N.E. Spit Buoy. It was calm and the sea smooth. At 12.30 P.M. the motor life-boat The Lord Southborough (Civil...
Emily
GBOOMSPOBT, Co. DOWN.—At 1.30 P.M.
on the 12th February in reply to signals the Life-boat Florence proceeded to the aid of the steamer Emily, of Snnderland, which had stranded on the Bridge's Eeef during a moderate...
An Air-Sea Rescue Launch
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At seven o'clock on the morning of the 24th of March, 1958, a message was received from 1115 Marine Craft Unit, Royal Air Force, that one of the unit's air-sea rescue launches had broken adrift from her moorings...
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
ORMES' HEAD, LLAKDUDNO.—On the 27th February, information was received here that a vessel was in distress in the bay. The wind was blowing hard from the N.E. at the time, and the sea was very rough.
The Sisters'...
Category: Services
Feature: Come See the Show
By the time this issue of the Lifeboat reaches you, the Schroders London International Boat Show 2004 will already be in full swing. This year's event, which runs from 8-18 January, is special for several reasons.
Not...
Category: Articles
Armistice Day
AT Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, in Norfolk and Suffolk, and at Whitby, Yorkshire, the Motor Lifeboats took part in the Armistice Day ceremonies on November llth last, and at Heck- mondwike, Yorkshire, the twenty-five members of the Lifeboat...
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A Small Boat (2)
Barra Island, Hebrides.—16th November.
Two keepers had put out from Monach Island lighthouse, forty-five miles from Barra, in a small boat on the previous day, and all trace of them had been lost. An unsuccessful search was...
The Big Plunge:
The Big Plunge: A group of North Devon servicemen took the plunge for charity. Eighteen divers from RAF Chivenor and Locking Sub Aqua Clubs leapt from Barnstaple bridge to raise £600. It took three hours for the men to float four miles... - View image in PDF
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