LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Cobles (3)
At 6.30 A.M. on the 26th December fourteen of the cobles belonging to Filey put to sea for the purpose of hauling their lines, and at about 8 A.M. the wind commenced to freshen, causing most of the boats to run for safety. By 10 A.M. all the...
To Mark More Than £10000 Raised By Devenish Brewery for the Rnli
To mark more than £10,000 raised by Devenish Brewery for the RNLI a special presentation was made by Chay Blyth, the round the world yachtsman, on behalf of the company to Rear-Admiral W. J. Graham, director RNLI, at Weymouth lifeboat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Endeavour, Progress, Easter Morn, Prosperity, Venus, Gallilee, Provider
FEB. 18TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
During the morning a fresh N.W. wind was blowing, with a very rough sea. It was breaking heavily from the Pier Ends to the Rock Buoy, and anxiety was felt for the safety of nine of the local...
Lord Launch
Lord Lichf ield cracks the champagne bottle to launch a week of RNLI fundraising events at the Red Lion public house in Great Haywood near Stafford.
Each night saw a different event, ranging from a quiz night to music by a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Neil Brockman
Cox/Mech Cox/Mech Neil Brockman Terry George Bronze Medal Bronze Medal Coxswain/Mechanic Neil Brockman of Penlee's Arun class lifeboat and Coxswain/ Mechanic Terry George of Sennen Cove's Mersey class were awarded their medals for... - View image in PDF
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St. David's, Pembrokeshire.—At 8.40 On the night of the 16th of December, 1949, the Trinity House Superintendent, Holyhead, asked the life-boat to land a sick man from the South Bishop lighthouse. At 8.45 the life-boat crew assembled and...
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
Troon, Ayrshire.—At 6.0 in the evening, on the 25th of June, 1951, the Kildonan coastguard telephoned that a sailing dinghy was reported in difficulties and drifting two miles south-west of Whiting Bay. At 6.17 the life-boat Sir David...
The S.S. Lancresse & Tres
During a thick fog on the morning of the 23rd November the s.s. Lancresse, of Guernsey, bound from London to Newlyn with a cargo of stone, and the Norwegian steamer Tres, of Tonsberg, Blyth for Caen, with a cargo of coal, came into collision...
Edith May
APRIL 22TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At 6.30 P.M. the Wyke Regis coastguard reported that a motor boat was drifting about a mile off Wyke. A moderate S.E. breeze was blowing, with a very heavy swell. Themotor life-boat William...
Signals for Pilots
Required to be used and displayed on and after the 1st November, 1873, in accordance with the ISth section of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1873, if a vessel requires the services of a Pilot.
"In the Day-time.—The...
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