LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Pilot Cutter No. 3
Blyth, Northumberland. — At^ 1.48 A.M. on the 22nd December, 1937, the coastguard telephoned that Pilot Cutter No. 3 was ashore in Blyth Bay, and that a tug had gone out to her. Owing to poor visibility, he could not see where she was. A...
Stornoway:
Stornoway: The re-dedication and blessing of the 52ft Arun RNLB Sir Max Aitken II by The Reverend Roderick Morrison on July 25. The lifeboat was named by HRH Princess Alexandra at Cowes last February. photograph by courtesy of Hebridean... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
St. Main
Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 7.15 on the evening of the 12th of January, 1961, flares were seen north-north-east of Arklow. There was a moderate south- south-westerly wind with a correspond- ing sea, and the tide was ebbing. At 7.30 the life-boat...
A Wellington Bombing Aeroplane
APRIL 29TH. - ILFRACOMBE, DEVON.
At 4.45 A.M. the naval officer in charge at Appledore reported that an aeroplane had crashed, and a quarter of an hour later he asked for the life-boat to be sent to help naval and R.A.F....
Peeks of Bournemouth
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Category: Advertisement
Douglas Lifeboat R a Colby Cubbin No1
Douglas lifeboat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 1 is pictured returning from an exercise involving the warship HMS Ribble a River class RNR minesweeper based at Liverpool. The exercise involved transferring a casualty in a Neil Robinson stretcher... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Major A. J. Dawson
MAJOR A. J. DAWSON, M.B.E., who died at his home in Hastings on the 4th of February last, at the age of seventy-nine, was a most widely travelled man and the author of a great variety of books. He served in the war of 1914 to 1918 although...
Category: Obituaries
Nancy Moran, of London and Nuculana
MAY 30TH. - WALMER, KENT. Shortly after five in the morning information was received through the coastguard that the South Goodwin Lightship had reported a collision.
The sea was smooth, but there was a thick fog, and the...
Dorelian
JULY 2ND. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE.
While bound from Montreal for Glasgow with a general cargo the Liverpool steamer Dorelian, of over 6,000 tons, stranded in dense fog on the Island of Sanda off the Mull of Kintyre. The...
The Royal Navy and the Life-Boats
HAVING referred elsewhere to the very practical help rendered by the Military in assisting in the launch of the Formby Life-boat, we are very glad to be able to record that the Senior Service has not been behind in rendering help when help...
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