LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Duchess, a Schooner, Julia, Cornucopia, et al
At 12.30 A.M. on the 7th November the Ramsgate Life-boat Bradford, and steam-tug Aid, proceeded to the Kentish Knock Sand, the master of a fishingsmack having reported that there was a vessel ashore there. The wind was blowing moderately...
Views Across a Century
Views across a century With an eye and ear for history, (I) Paul Reed, Fred Hills and Richard Ovenden, crew members of Littlestoneon- Sea's Atlantic 21 lifeboat posed for a photograph which has a not altogether coincidental resemblance... - View image in PDF
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Pax
YOUGHAL, co. CORK.—On the morning of the 16th July, the barque Pax, of Liverpool, outward bound with a general cargo, stranded about half a mile north of Knockadoon Head, having lost some of her sails, while a moderate gale was blowing from...
Auk
Donaghadee, Co. Down. At 5.43 on the evening of the 19th of December, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was aground on the rocks at Groomsport.
At six o'clock the life-boat Sir Samuel...
The S.S. Lilian
SEAHAM, DURHAM.—A reef of rocks about one mile to the south of Seaham Harbour was, on the 18th February,the scene of a shipping disaster which would have probably caused the loss of twelve lives had it not been for the valuable aid rendered...
Books
Books The Lone Ranger story – from salvage tug to super yacht by John Julian Published by Seafarer Books ISBN 0955024307 Price £19.95 hardback This is the remarkable story of a vessel’s transformation over a period of more than 30 years...
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The S.S Lilian
About 110011 on the 6th July the Coastguard fired the Life-boat assembly signal, and in response the crew quickly mustered, launched the boat, and at once pro- ceeded to the s.s. Lilian, of West Hartlepool, which was ashore in a very...
Coxswain Fred Walkington
Coxswain Fred Walkington (centre) with four of the crew who were out on August I I : (I to r) Rowland Stork, Paul Staveley, Second Coxswain Anthony Avre and Assistant Mechanic Brian Cundall. ohotoeranh hv courtesv of Yorkshire Pmi. - View image in PDF
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Carol Remembered
Left; Paul Douglas and daughters Sarah, Carra and Norma (with family pet Jake) are pictured presenting their cheque to Queensferry lifeboat crew members in memory of wife and mum Carol Anne Douglas Photo: Hamish Campbell. - View image in PDF
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Cover Picture
Number lifeboat, the 54ft Arun City of Bradford IV, off Spurn Point. The lifeboat, her coxswain, Brian Sevan, and his crew are the subject of a comprehensive BBC! television documentary series due to start in late Autumn. To film the seven... - View image in PDF
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