LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Looking down on the model with the superstructure removed: ll to r} whee/house, engine room and forecabin. It is also possible to see down through the forecabin sole into the bilges. Every detail of the machinery, pipework and wiring is... - View image in PDF

Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 3.31 on the afternoon of the 18th of July, 1953, the Foreland coastguard rang up to say that a sailing dinghy had capsized a quarter of a mile from the coast- guard station, and that two boys were clinging to it....

Nov. 17TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.

At 11.30 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a fishing boat could be seen towing two open boats and was possibly making for the harbour. A strong sea was Breaking outside the...

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MR. George Flett, former coxswain of the Aberdeen no. 1 life-boat, received a watch from Watches of Switzer- land Ltd. at a ceremony in Aberdeen on the llth September, 1961. It has been the practice of this firm, when opening a new branch,...

JUNE 9TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE.

About 10.40 at night it was reported that the naval cadet boat Free Lance (a converted life-boat) was dragging her anchors north of New Brighton pier. A fresh westerly wind was blowing,...

ANXIOUS PARENTS Cullercoats, Northumberland. At 1.35 a.m. on 2oth May, 1964, the Tynemouth coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the parents of two youths who had not returned from a fishing trip in an 18-foot motor boat were...

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