LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (161)
OCTOBER 24TH. - ABERDEEN. An aeroplane had caught fire and come down in the sea, but the airman was picked up by a naval vessel. - Rewards, £14 11s. 6d..
The S.S. Laleham
CAISTER.—On the 4th June a dense fog prevailed. It lifted at times, and in one of the intervals the look-out man observed a large steamer in close proximity to the Scroby Sand, and signalguns were fired from the Cookie and St. Nicholas Light...
The S.S. Salatis
— Shortly before 6 A.M. on the 2nd February a telephone message was received from the Coastguard at Sizewell, stating that a steamer was ashore on Sizewell Bank, and making signals for assistance. The No. 2 Lifeboat Edward Z. Dresden was...
Pride of Ballinskelligs
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 5.38 in the evening on the 22nd of February, 1950, the coxswain saw a fishing boat drifting on to the rocks off Cromwell Point, clearly in need of prompt help. Seven minutes later the life-boat...
Viera-Y-Clarijo
During fine weather on 17th February the Life- boat Charles and Susanna Stephens was called out to the assistance of a vessel making signals of distress. On arrival she found the vessel was on the sands.
She proved to be a...
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St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 17th of Decem- ber, 1960, a message was received from the honorary medical adviser that he had to go by air to the mainland to take an expectant mother to Redruth hospital as...
Six 600Mm Diameter Tubular Steel Piles Were Driven on Each Side to Support the New Galvanised Steel Substructure Which Was Built Up Before the Decayed Timber Was Cut Away
Six 600mm diameter tubular steel piles were driven on each side to support the new galvanised steel substructure which was built up before the decayed timber was cut away.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Yachts
JULY 21ST. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At 1.30 in the afternoon the motor life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was launched to attend the Curracloe Regatta.
The sea was rough, with a strong southsouth- westerly wind blowing...
Scaldis
Torbay, South Devon - At 10.45 p.m.
on 23rd November, 1969, information was received that the m.f.v.
Scaldis was in difficulties in Lyme bay. At 11.10 the life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent slipped her...
The S.S. Batoum
Aldeburgh and Southwold, Suffolk.— At about 8 A.M. on the 18th July, an explosion was observed on a large steamer abreast of Southwold, and it was reported that she had been tor- pedoed. As some of the crew were observed leaving the...