LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 11.35 on the morning of the 23rd of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boy was drifting out to sea in a dinghy off Amroth. Four minutes later the life-boat Henry Comber Brown was...
A Dinghy
Newbiggin, Northumberland - At 3.33 p.m. on 2ist June, 1967, it was learned that a dinghy had capsized.
Although it had been righted there was no sign of movement from the crew. The life-boat Mary jfoicey was launched at...
Fred Olsen Lines
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Category: Advertisement
Taking a Shine to Lifeboats
The immaculate appearance of lifeboats is no accident, and reflects the pride of a lifeboat station in its boat.
However that glossy finish on the hull has to be put there in the first place, and this is another instance of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Steamer (39)
OC T O B E R 3 1 S T . - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. A steamer had been in distress off the coast of Tiree, but she was taken in tow by a naval vessel. - Rewards, £20 9s..
A Boat
Exmouth and Torbay, South Devon.— At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 15th of August, 1956, the Brixham coastguard rang up to say that the Devon County Constabulary had reported that two children who had gone out from Dawlish in a small boat had...
Daphne Loo
YACHT WAS LEAKING Padstow, Cornwall. At 10.38 p.m.
on 18th July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that flares had been reported at Newland Island. There was a gentle north-westerly breeze with a slight sea...
Ros Airgead
Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 4.15 on the afternoon of the 17th of November, 1959, a message was received from Valentia radio that the trawler Ros Airgead of Dublin was drifting with a trawl foul of her propeller seven miles west of Bray Head. At...
Bose
HONOURED BY FORBES ASAP for CHANGING THE WORLD.
Fortes ASAP magazine rates the Bose" Wave* radio right up there with the light bulb, the compact disc and the telephone. Only tilK-en inventions made their exclusive...
Category: Advertisement
Three Fine Services In February. Thurso, Plymouth and Stromness
THE month of February was marked by three fine services, two in the north of Scotland and the other in the south of England. One was performed by the Pulling and Sailing Life-boat at Thurso, the others by new Motor Life-boats of the Barnett...
Category: Services