LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
New Hope, of Maldon
On the even- ing of the 29th October, a telephone message was received from the pierhead that flares could be seen west of the pier. A whole W. gale was blowing with a very heavy sea and rain. The Motor Life-boat Greater London put out at...
Clarissa
Appledore, Devon.—On the afternoon of the 19th November a resident at Westward Ho telephoned that the motor trawler Clarissa, of Bideford, was burning red flares a short distance out from Westward Ho. The wind was only light, and the sea was...
Providence
Margate, Kent.—During the evening of the 23rd of July, 1948, the sister of the skipper of the local fishing vessel Providence reported that the Providence had gone out fishing early that morning and was long overdue. The coast- guard was...
Thais (1)
Swanage, Dorset, and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 6.10 P.M. on the 6thAugust, 1939, the coastguard informed the life-boat station at Swanage that a sailing yacht had capsized off Christchurch Ledge Buoy, and the motor lifeboat Thomas Markby...
Thais (1)
AUG. 6TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET, AND YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 6.10 P.M.. the coastguard informed the life-boat station at Swanage that a sailing yacht had capsized off Christchurch Ledge Buoy, and the motor life-boat Thomas Markby was...
Here and There
BRISTOW HELICOPTERS have given to Aberdeen's 54' Arun BP Forties an AM VHP (air band) Pye Westminster radio, which allows direct communication between lifeboat and aircraft; the cheque for £350 was presented to Coxswain Albert...
Category: Articles
Change of Address
IMPORTANT.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS.
Owing to Expiration of Lease the Committee of Management have been compelled to REMOVE the Headquarters of the Institution from 14, John Street, Adelphi, London, W.C.,...
Category: Articles
Bantham Beauty
Bantham beauty The latest addition to the RNLI's fleet of lifeguard rescue boats was named CSMA/Frizzell 2005 in August 2005, providing lifesaving cover at Bantham, one of South Hams' most popular beaches. This is the second rescue... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Gaspard, of St Malo
The schooner Gaspard, of St. Malo, was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands on the 3rd Jan., 1869. The Rams- gate life-boat Bradford went off, in tow of the harbour steam-tug Aid, on signals being fired from one of the light-ships, and on arriving...
The Faroese Motor Vessel Ternan
Lerwick, Shetland*.—At 4.52 in the afternoon of the 3rd of August, 1949, the coastguard reported a message from the Thorshavn radio station that the Faroese motor vessel Ternan needed help twelve miles in an easterly direc- tion from Muckle...