LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Cruiser
Lowestoft: On Monday May 14, 1984, a 17ft motor cruiser, with one man on board, suffered engine failure off Pakefield Beach; she was driven ashore and on to a groyne by the fresh north-easterly breeze. Reaching the cruiser at 1744,...
Anchor man
There’s something about Dartmouth, Devon, that keeps people coming back. Many are content to walk the narrow streets down to the picturesque shore of the River Dart, still guarded by the 15th-century castle that gazes out to sea. Others like...
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Royal National Life-Boat Institution
SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
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Services of the Life-boats of the Institution in...
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Albatross
On the 9th November, while this Lifeboat was on her way to London, another boat-having been placed on the station in her stead, she was signalled by the Tongue light vessel, and was informed that they had on board the crew of the wrecked...
Gloxinia
Humber, Yorkshire. At 2.50 on the afternoon of the 20th of June, 1960, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a boy on board the motor vessel Gloxinia of North Shields had suspected appendicitis and needed medical attention...
A Great Example of How a Picture Can Paint a Thousand Words
A great example of how a picture can paint a thousand words - Sheringham lifeboatmen share a cup of tea with the rescued crew of the Canadian steamer faglesdiffe Hall. - View image in PDF
Photo; Nfws Chronicle. 30 October 1941. - View image in PDF
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Contents
PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN 538 NOTES OF THE QUARTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539 THE YACHTSMEN'S LIFE-BOAT SUPPORTERS' ASSOCIATION 542 TUSKER ROCK JOINT RESCUE ...
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S.S. Turkia
OCT. 20TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET. At 8.18 A.M. the Swanage coastguard reported that the Greek steamer S.S. Turkia had grounded one mile and a half N.W. by W.
of St. Albans Head, but was not flying distress signals. About 9.25...
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On the South Wales coast, Porthcawl was isolated by an extremely heavy snow fall on Friday January 8 and the roads in the surrounding area were blocked by deep drifts for six days. By Tuesday January 12 the local chemist was out of a number...
Blanche
At 9.30 A.M.
on the 15th July the fleet of cobles belonging to Whitby were out fishing in a heavy ground swell. One of the cobles, with three men in her hanging on to their nets, was suddenly swamped by a heavy sea and sunk...