LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Poster Competition
The results of The Birmingham Post's children's poster competition are as follows: seniors (11 to 16 years): 1st—David John Brown, aged 15, of Fabian Crescent, Shirley, Solihull; 2nd—Lyn Bonner, aged 11, of Mayswood Road, Solihull;...
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Spray
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 12.58 on the afternoon of the 23rd of June, 1951, the coastguard telephoned. The S.S. Leo had wirelessed that she had seen a small sailing yacht near No.
6 Barrow Buoy which seemed to need help. So...
Nora
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 2.51 on the afternoon of the 15th of August, 1957.
the watchman on the east pier reported that a yacht about two miles from the Quern buoy was signalling for help. She could apparently make no...
The S.S. Aries
The No. 2.
Life-boat Matthew Middlewood was called out on the 16th October by signals of distress from a vessel close to the headland. When the Life-boat reached the vessel she was found to be the s.s. Aries, bound from...
Pride of Helvick
Ballycotton, Co. Cork. At 12.15 on the afternoon of the 4th of April, 1958, the motor mechanic informed the honorary secretary that a fishing boat five miles east of Ballycotton light appeared to have had her sails blown away. Ten minutes...
The Billiboy Amity, of Goole
A vessel, which proved to be the billiboy Amity, of Goole, bound from Yarmouth to Grimsby in ballast, missed stays and stranded on the main at Eceles, during squally weather and a heavy swell, at 2 o'clock on the morning of the 30th...
Fishing Boats including The North Star
MARCH 1ST. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
The fishing fleet was out in bad weather, with strong squalls from the north, snow showers and a rough sea, and at 11.30 in the morning, as four boats had not returned, it was decided to...
An Australian Motor Life-Boat In Action
This boat stationed at Queenscliff, Victoria, was built at Port Adelaide in 1926, after designs of the Institution, and her engines and fittings were supplied by the Institution.. - View image in PDF
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Lifeboat People
AFTER THE SERVICE on December 1 of St Peter Port lifeboat to Natali, which transports Guernsey shellfish to Santander, the vessel's owners, Mariscos Del Cantabrico, entertained all members of the station's crew and their wives,...
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