LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
H.M. Mine Sweeper
H.M. Mine Sweeper • stranded on the Scroby Sands during a strong southerly gale on the 28th October. She made signals of distress, and in response the No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane was launched. While endeavouring to get near...
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George and Margaret
AUGUST 23RD. - NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.
In the morning a strong N.N.E. wind was blowing, with a very heavy sea outside the bay. Six fishing cobles were at sea, and it was feared that they would be in danger. At 9.55 A.M.,...
Faith, Irene and Noel II
On 20th October several of the local fishing boats put out at three in the morning. A moderate N.E. gale came up, with a rough sea, and by 5.30 A.M. the weather was so bad that it was decided to launch the Motor Life-boat Margaret Harker...
Brazilian
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK.—The Life-boat Thora Zelma was launched at 3.50 P.M., on the 7th April, information having been received that a three-masted schooner had stranded on the outer bank. A N.E. by N. wind was blowing; the sea was smooth and...
Unione
KlNGSDOWNE AND NORTH DEAL. On 16th August the Life-boat Charles Hargrave, stationed at Kingsdowne, and the Mary Somerville, of North Deal, were launched early in the morning, signal guns having been fired by the East Goodwin and Gull Light...
Mr. H. Arthur Baker
BY the death of ME. H. ARTHUR BAKER, on 11th December, 1946, the Committee of Management have lost a colleague whose devoted services they feel that they can ill spare. He became a member in 1925, and was appointed a vice-president in...
Category: Obituaries
White Kitten
Five saved RED FLARES fired by a yacht off Beer Head were reported by HM Coastguard to the honorary secretary of Lyme Regis ILB station at 1942 on Monday August 13, 1979. Five minutes later, Lyme Regis Atlantic 21 ILB was launched manned by...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Appeal
Royal National Life-Boat Institution.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter. ' Patroness—HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
President—ADMIRAL His GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUBERLAND, K.G.,...
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Fishing Cobles
Thirty-one fishing-cobles belonging to this village were out on the 30th Sept., 1868, when the sea rose, causing them to run for Cullercoats; but, on approaching the bar, it was found they could not attempt to take it without great risk. The...