LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Teddington (2)
NOVEMBER 4TH - 6TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
Both of the Cromer life-boats were launched to the S.S. Teddington, which had stranded after enemy attack in September.
For details see September 17th, page...
A Steamer (41)
NOVEMBER 11TH. - THE MUMBLES GLAMORGANSHIRE. A steamer had been reported on fire, but several attempts to reach her in a westerly gale of hurricane force were unsuccessful, and after cruising round for some hours the life-boat...
District Inspector, -- O.B.E.
Captain Harold G. Innes, R.N., who retired as a district inspector on account of ill health in 1929, and returned to the Service in 1939, acting as inspector of the Western District throughout the war, has been made an O.B.E., for his...
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The S.S. Baron Ruthven
FEBRUARY 4TH. - TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE.
At 12.30 A.M. a message was received from the Teesmouth coastguard that the S.S. Baron Ruthven, of Glasgow, was ashore on the North Gare, and that a tug was standing by. Half an hour...
The Life-Boat
(See Diagrams on next page.) The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of a 34 feet by 7i feet self-righting boat. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view, the shaded part showing that devoted to the...
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The S.S. Urla
The Crew of the Motor Life-boat Edward Z, Dresden were assembled at 2.28 A.M. on 10th February, as the Coastguard had reported that the s.s. Urla, of London, was aground on the Gunfleet Sands. At 2.50, however, news was received from North...
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PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 NOTES OF THE QUARTER . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
Coxswain'* Certificate of Service.
The COXSWAIN'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, PENSION, and a SPECIAL GRATUITY of £80, have been awarded to: JOHN- STRACHAN, 15 years coxswain of the Peterhead life-boat.
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Hjemlos
RHOSCOLYN, ANGLESEY. — The barque Hjemlos, of and for Grimstadt, from Belfast in ballast, was observed about three miles S.W. of Bhoscolyn, apparently unmanageable, during a moderate gale from the N.W. and a heavy sea, on the 18th December....