LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Brandeburg
On the evening of the 15th December the German consul reported that the skipper of the German trawler Brandenburg, of Weser- munde, which had just anchored in the harbour, was seriously ill. A whole S.S.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea,...
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LIFE-BOATS USED BECAUSE ROADS WERE BLOCKED Lerwick, Shetlands.—Just after 10.0 in the morning of February 27th, 1947, when all roads were completely blocked by snow, information was received from the Gilbert Bain Hospital that a girl...
Millicent
On the after- noon of the 19th November the coast- guard telephoned that the local fishing boat Millicent, with three men on board, had been out for twelve hours, and some anxiety was felt for her safety. A moderate north wind was blowing,...
P.N. 143
Lytham-Sl. Anne's, Lancashire.—At 8.50 on the evening of the 6th of July, 1957, a message was received that a small motor boat had been seen drift- ing eastwards down the Ribble estuary with her engine broken down. The life-boat Sarah...
Book Corner
0 Rage of Sand: The Story of the Men who Built their Own Seaside Town (Ernest Benn, £2.25) is by Gabriel Harrison, a member of the Committee of Management of the R.N.L.I., and is a very readable account of the growth of St.
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Category: Articles
Blanche
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 12.20 A.M.
on the 2nd August, 1938, the police reported that a vessel had been dashed against Skegness Pier. A fresh E.N.E.
wind was blowing, with a choppy sea, and the tide was...
St. Margaret
AID FOR PILOT CUTTER Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. The Preston Harbour Master telephoned the honorary secretary at 11.35 p.m. on 4th October, 1963, stating that the pilot cutter St. Margaret had broken down and was drifting with her...
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AIRCRAFT CRASHED Appledore, and Clovelly, Devon.
At 12.21 p.m. on iyth February, 1964, the coastguard told the Appledore honorary secretary that an aircraft had crashed into the sea four to seven miles north of Hartland...
People and Places
Since the last Annual Presentation of Awards Meeting, the Committee of Management has awarded 3 Honorary Life Governorships, 10 Bar to Gold Badges and 55 Gold Badges. Each of the following entries states the dates of the first and latest...
Category: Articles
A Rubber Dinghy (4)
Newhaven, Sussex.—At 6.15 in the evening of the llth of August, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that a rubber dinghy was drifting out to sea, and at half past six the life-boat Jane Holland, on temporary duty at the station, was...