LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Beta
Sunderland, Durham.—At nine o'clock on the night of the 4th of January, 1949, when a light north-easterly wind was blowing, with a slight swell, the Dutch motor vessel Beta was reported by the coastguard to be signalling "not under...
Langfonn
NORWEGIAN APPEAL Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. At ii p.m. on 5th June, 1964, a shipping agency in Stornoway told the honorary secretary that a radio message received via Oban Radio had stated that a Norwegian vessel was making for Stornoway...
The S.S. Olympos
Penlee, Cornwall. At 10.45 on the morning of the 17th May, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that the s.s. Olympos, of Greece, had a sick man aboard and would be off Penlee about 12.45. She had requested medical help. At 11.30 the...
The S.S. Dunkery Beacon, of London
DECEMBER 19TH. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.
Information was received from the coastguard at 12.10 in the morning that a ship in the harbour was showing signals of distress and at 12.25 the motor life-boat Crawford and Constance...
Gretafield (2)
FEBRUARY 4TH . - WHITEHILLS, BANFFSHIRE WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE, AND FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 1.20 A.M. a message was received at Whitehills from the coastguard at Banff that flares had been reported about ten miles N.E...
As An Experiment Redditch Ladies' Guild Officers and Committee Recently Took Part In a Knit-In Having Successfully Raised £110 They Plan to Include All Guild Members Next T
As an experiment, Redditch ladies' guild officers and committee recently took part in a knit-in. Having successfully raised £110, they plan to include all guild members next time.
Photograph by courtesy of Redditch... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The R.N.L.I. Has Built Up Over 140 Years a Major Collection of Life-Boat Photographs and Illustrations. But Life-Boat Crews In Hazardous Conditions Seldom Get the Chance to Take Photographs. Som
The R.N.L.I. has built up over 140 years a major collection of life-boat photographs and illustrations. But life-boat crews in hazardous conditions seldom get the chance to take photographs. Sometimes the R.A.F. photographs lifeboats on... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Kinghorn April 5 1986:
Kinghorn, April 5, 1986: Dr R. M. L. Weir (1), honorary secretary and Mr Steve West, representing the Co-op in Scotland, shake hands in front of the station's new 17ft 6in in C class inflatable lifeboat on the day of her official... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Embla
Cloughey, Co. Down.—At 4.15 on the afternoon of the 16th of October, 1950, the Tara coastguard reported that a motor yacht trying to cross the Strang- ford Lough was making heavy weather.
At 5.3, as the weather was...
The Royal Bank of Scotland
We're not asking you to risk your life in Force 9 gales. Or to be on call, day and night. Or even to devote time to training. We are asking for something equally important, though: put pen to paper, below, and take out a Lifeboats...
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