LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Kabinda (1)
DEC. 8TH. - WALMER, AND RAMSGATE, KENT. At 8.32 A.M. a message was received at Walmer from the Deal coastguard that a Belgian steamer had stranded on the Goodwin Sands, north of the wreck of the Mahratta.
A whole S.S.W....
Killurin
St. Helier, Jersey.—At 5.20 ill the morning of the 7th of February, 1950, the Harbour Office telephoned to say the St. Helier pilot boat had wirelessed that the motor vessel Killurin, of London, had run on the rocks, later identified as Les...
Electrical Communication on the Coast
DURING the last three years good progress has been made with the all-important system of electrical communication on the coast for life-saving purposes, pro- moted by the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. The majority of the most...
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Maybird
The motor life-boat K.E.C.F., with a tender in tow, put out at 3.35 P.M. on the 25th March, as the life-boat watch- man had seen a small vessel go ashore about half a mile S.W. of the fort. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate...
Jubilee of the Walton and Frinton Station
THE life-boat station at Walton-on-the- Naze and Frinton, Essex, celebrated its jubilee with a dinner on 17th November. Fifty years before, almost to a day, on 18th November, 1884, the inaugural ceremony was held of the first* Walton...
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Below: the Duke of Atholl a Vice President of the RNLI and Convener Scottish Life-Boat Council Presenting a Certificate of Service to Mr Evan Owens at the Boat Sho
Below: The Duke of Atholl.a vice president of the R.N.L.I. and Convener, Scottish Life-boat Council, presenting a certificate of service to Mr. Evan Owens at the Boat Show.. - View image in PDF
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The Dudgeon Lightvessel
Sheringham, and Cromer, Norfolk.
At 9.50 on the morning of the 31st of May, 1958, the Cromer coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that a re- quest had been made by the Trinity House Superintendent at Great Yar...
The S.S. Flandres and the Liberian Steamer Trader
Dover and Walmer, Kent. At 2.24 on the morning of the 16th of October, 1957, the Deal coastguard reported that the S.S. Flandres, of Antwerp, had been in collision with the Liberian steamer Trader four miles south-east of the Goodwin Sands,...
Coxswain George Leng
COXSWAIN GEORGE LENG of Flam- borough died on the 6th of March, 1955, at the age of 75. He served as coxswain for 14 years, retiring at the end of 1945. He had previously served for more than 11 years as bowman.
In 1937 he...
Category: Obituaries
Neco Marine Ltd
Automatic Pilot To hold a set course in most conditions Repeater Compass For easy reading and optimum siting Electric Capstan Push-button control of 650 Ibs pull Anchor Windlass 1,600 Ibs pull from 12-220 volt D.C. supply Dinghy Hoists For...
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