LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Jutta
Walmer, Kent. — At 6.43 in the morning of the 31st of August, 1949, the Deal coastguard reported a mes- sage from the South Goodwin Light- vessel that a yacht was drifting over the Goodwin Sands to the north- east of the lightvessel and was...
Memories of the Sea and the Life-Boat Service
It was intended to resume the series of " Honorary Workers of the Institution," in which twelve articles have already been published, the last appearing in TheLifeboat for August, 1927 —with an article on the work of Mr. Ernest...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services
West Division Breeches buoy HOLYHEAD COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Moelfre lifeboat station at 0945 on Sunday August 29, 1982, that a distress call had been received from a small boat aground on rocks at Dulas Island, two...
Category: Services
An Important National Question
WE have frequently had occasion to allude to the feet—to the astounding fact—that an annual average of more than 700 human beings suffer death by drowning, from shipwreck or collision, on the shores and in the waters of the United Kingdom...
Category: Articles
Father and Grandfathers (Seated I to R) George 'Wener' Tart (George Tart's Father) Jack Brignall Alfred Tart John Pope Charles Williams Douglas Oilier (Doris' Fath
Father and grandfathers . . . (seated, I. to r.) George 'Wener' Tart (George Tart's father), Jjck Brignall, Alfred Tart, John Pope, Charles Williams, Douglas Oilier (Doris' father); (standing, front row, I. to r.) Charles... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Machinery Is Completely Water-Tight and the Tractor Can Be Submerged Up to the Top of the Air-Intake and Exhaust Pipes, and the Driver's Neck
The Machinery Is Completely Water-Tight and The Tractor Can Be Submerged Up To The Top of the Air-Intake and Exhaust Pipes and The Driver's Neck This Stern View Shows The Capstan By W. - View image in PDF
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, January 2nd, 1868. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
Category: Committee
On July 12 at the Baltic Exchange London His Excellency the Greek Ambassador
On July 12, at the Baltic Exchange, London, His Excellency The Greek Ambassador presented nautical gallantry medals to the men who were coxswain and crew ofSt Peter Port lifeboat when, on January 4, 1979, she had, together with helicopters,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Tartar
FLAMBOROUGH.—The Life-boat Grace and Lolly of Broad Oak went out at about 10.45 P.M., on the 23rd November, and rescued the crew, consisting of eight men, from the brig Tartar, of Salcombe, which was wrecked on the rocks off Flamborough...
Looking Down Through Freeing Trunk In Wheelhouse Deck to Propeller With Freeing Tool Standing By
Looking down through freeing trunk in wheelhouse deck to propeller, with freeing tool standing by.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs