LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Troop
Signals of distress having been shown by the ship Troop, of Liverpool, bound from Barrow for San Francisco with steel rails, the Fishguard No. 2 Life-boat, the Appin, put off at 8 A.M., on the 7th November, during a strong breeze from the...
Jehoiah Wick
In response to signals of distress, the Life-boat Charles and Eliza Laura was launched at 3 P.M.
on the 2nd December, and rescued the crew of four hands of the fishing-boat JehoiaJi Wick, of Hoylake, which was in distress...
Beacon
Margate, Kent. — At 12.14 in the morning of the 29th of March, 1948,.
the coastguard reported red flares one and a half miles to the north-north- west, and at 12.30 the motor life-boat The Lord Southborough—Civil...
Foxglove
On the morning of the 15th of April, 1954, the Whitby No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepzvorth rescued four men from the local fishing-boat Foxglove. One of the four had been swept overboard by a heavy sea, and to rescue the others the coxswain...
A Sailing Boat
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 5.46 on the evening of the 8th June, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a small sailing boat had capsized a mile off Lancing, and that four people had been in the water for about twenty...
Alanfred
JUNE 28TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 7 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a motor yacht two miles to the S.W. was drifting, and was flying distress signals. A fresh S.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor...
Margaret and Matthew
Barry Dock's temporary Arun class lifeboat, Margaret Frances Love (above left), visits Bristol during sea trials to accompany the replica ship, Matthew, on the start of her journey out of the Bristol Channel.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Converted Ship's Boat Sailfish
Wells, Norfolk.—At 11.3 on the morn- ing of the 5th of June, 1957, the coast- guard telephoned that a boat was in difficulties off Wells. At 11.15 the life-boat Cecil Paine was launched in a rough sea. There was a strong north-north-westerly...
R.N.L.I. Horse Show
The annual horse show at Claygate, Surrey, which is known as the 'R.N.L.I. horse show' and is now one of the biggest shows in Surrey, will take place in June. Through Mr. John Bullock, a director of the Chrysler Motor Group, the...
Category: Articles
Norwich Union
Even as they're growing older, your children will still look to you for support.
Especially when the grandkids come along! So, as well as offering words of wisdom, it's good to know you can also lighten the...
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