LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
WHITBY.—The Whitby No. 2. Life-boat was rapidly becoming unfit for further ser- vice, and it has been replaced by another 8-oared boat, 30 feet long, and 7 feet -t inches wide, which was forwarded to the station, with a transporting-carriage...
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Our Inland Branches. Edinburgh Leith and Granton
EDINBURGH, the capital of Scotland, is situated near the south shore of the Firth of Forth, nearly 400 miles from London. It is sur- rounded on all sides, excepting the north, by lofty hills, the town itself standing on three hills or ridges...
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Rainbow
Life-boat and safely landed at 8.45 A.M.
On the 3rd March flares were seen on the North Sand and signals were fired by the light-vessel. The Life-boat Mark Lane was launched at 2.35 A.M. in a very heavy sea, the wind...
Deja vu
In a candid letter, sailor and RNLI supporter John Sinclair explains why he had to be rescued twice in the early hours of 22 March
'I anchored my 6m yacht Blue Dragon in Moelfre Bay...
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Eleno
The Lizard, Cadgwith and Penlee, Cornwall, and Plymouth, Devonshire.— On the 5th March the Italian steamer Eleno sent out a wireless message that her engines had broken down, that she was drifting ashore, and wanted...
TheSmall Lug Sail Boat Moa
About 10.30 P.M. on the 23rd July, three youths engaged a small lug-sail boat, called the Moo, to go for a moon- light sail. They were caught by the tide and being inexperienced in boating were unable to make any headway and drifted to the...
An Aeroplane (4)
APRIL 20TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
An aeroplane was thought to have crashed into the sea, but it was found that she came down on land.-Permanent paid crew : Rewards, 6s..
Clacton from Page 119
raised £630 to pay for the radio in the ILB. Clacton Round Table presented £100. St Osyth Training College gave the proceeds of its annual rag week, £300. Clacton Operatic Society presented £150. Tollesbury Sailing Club...
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CAR TROUBLE
Stranded in rising water while trying to fetch her dog, Caroline could only call 999 and hope that help would make it in time
‘What could it be?’ That’s always the first thought Silloth lifeboat Crew Member Andrew Stanley...
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Margaret Evans, of Glasgow
On the 29th January, at 7 P.M., the Life-boat, Elizaleth Soys, brought on shore the crew of 21 men from the ! barque Margaret Evans, of Glasgow, bound ; from Philadelphia to Antwerp, which vessel had run ashore under Seaford Head...