LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Danish Auxiliary Schooner Doris, of Thuro
ON the morning of 26th September last a three-masted Danish auxiliary schooner, the-Doris, of Thuro, attempted to enter the harbour at Hartlepool. A strong N.N.E. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea and rain, and Hartlepool Bay was all...
A Yacht
FIVE PEOPLE TREATED FOR EXPOSURE Moelfre, Anglesey. At 10.50 on the night of Sunday the 14th July, 1963, the Mersey Docks Harbour Board informed the coxswain that a French trawler had taken a disabled yacht in tow and asked if the Moelfre...
Sarah
In a strong N.N.E. wind with snow squalls on the 18th March, signals of distress were seen from a vessel in the Bay. The Life-boat Barbara, Fleming was launched with all speed and pro- ceeded to the vessel, which proved to be the ketch Sarah...
Galway Crew Thanked
A letter has been received from the Greek Ministry of Merchant Marine highly commending the courage and resolution of the crew of the Galway Bay life-boat when she went to the help of the motor vessel Razani and her crew of eight on 26th...
Category: Correspondence
Profile...
• COMMANDER Frederick R. H. Swann, O.B.E., R.N.V.R., of Stratford Mill, Stratford- Sub-Castle, Salisbury, who may soon retire as deputy chairman of the R.N.L.I., was born in 1904. His interest in sailing goes back to the age of four, for his...
Category: Committee
Albas (1)
High and dry on the Goodwins RAMSGATE HONORARY SECRETARY Was informed by Dover Straits Coastguard at 2025 on Thursday, September 11, 1975, that, following a number of reports of red flares sighted over the Goodwin Sands, Walmer lifeboat had...
R Wright & Son (Marine Engineers) Ltd
Something special ? Wright away sir! TANKS For almost half a century Wrights have specialised in the fabrication of tanks from 5 to 50,000 gallons in stainless steel, aluminium, or mild steel, either one-off or on a production run. We are...
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R Wright & Son (Marine Engineers) Ltd
Something special ? Wright away sir! TANKS For almost half a century Wrights have specialised in the fabrication of tanks from 5 to 50,000 gallons in stainless steel, aluminium, or mild steel, either one-off or on a production run. We are...
Category: Advertisement
Letters
Boxed clever Gloucester's Flag Day is always held early in the year, when the weather can be guaranteed to be inclement. This year's collecting went on during a blizzard of snow! Determined to keep the chill wind from my feet and...
Category: Correspondence
They Carefully Approach
They carefully approach the casualty to check for any remaining flames.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs