LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 1.50 early on the morning of the 23rd of October, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that cries for help had been heard off Camper Road to the east of the gasworks. The weather was calm and the...
Life-Boatmen In London
THIRTY-EIGHT life-boatmen, from English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh stations were invited to attend the annual meeting in London, on 26th April, to receive medals and vellums awarded to them for gallantry during the previous year. This is the...
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A Boat (3)
APRIL 29TH. - SALCOMBE, DEVON. At 12.25 in the afternoon the coastguard at Hope Cove reported that eight men in a 16-feet boat had stranded on Book Rock near Thurlestone. An E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea, and the men, who were...
(Left) Some of the Survivors of Portrush Northern Ireland Raft Race
(Left) Some of the survivors of Portrush, Northern Ire/and, raft race at the finishing line. The race, paddled in cold, blustery weather on May 28 by more than 60 competitors from all over the Province, raised a fine £5,000 for the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Langdon Battery Coastguard Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre
Langdon Battery Coastguard Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Straits of Dover: in the operation room continuous watch is kept on the VHF distress and calling frequency, channel 16.. - View image in PDF
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The Armed Trawler Snakefly
FEBRUARY 2ND. - WALMER, KENT. At 8.58 in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel in distress east-south-east of the coastguard station. A southerly gale was blowing against the first of the flood tide and raising a very rough broken sea...
Hero
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.—At 3.15 in the afternoon of the 8th of January, 1949, the Gravir Post Office telephoned that a vessel between the Shiant Isles was sounding her whistle, and the life- boat William and Harriot was launched at...
An Aeroplane (30)
MARCH 6TH. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
A British aeroplane had been reported down at sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £12 16s. 3d..
An Aeroplane (34)
MARCH 13TH. - THURSO, AND WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE. A British aeroplane was expected to come down, probably at sea, but it reached land before crashing.- Rewards : Thurso, £21 9s. ; Wick, £8 13s..
Gomer Press (Lighthouses)
A Fascinating Comprehensive Study of Lighthouses re-prinling June 1977 LKiHTIIOHSKS Their Architecture, History and Archaeology D. B. Hague & R. Christie "A book no sea-goer should fail to read".
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