LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Ronja Borchard
Amble, and Boulmer, Northumberland.
•—About 6.30 in the morning of the 10th of February, 1950, the Amble coastguard reported to the Amble life- boat authorities that a vessel was ashore near Coquet Island; and the life-boat...
Fig 4
Fig 4 (below): Deep bilge keels, port and starboard, have now completed the protective tunnels for the propellers. - View image in PDF
'A' brackets and stern tubes, ready to take the propeller shafts, are fitted.. - View image in PDF
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Vala
The steamer Va la, of Grangemouth, whilst bound from Valencia to Hull with a cargo of oranges, was weather-bound off Gorleston on the 21st February. Being short of provisions they sent off a boat containing five men to procure some, but in...
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AUG. 10TH. - MARGATE, KENT. Just after midnight the officer in charge of troops on the jetty informed the coxswain that he could hear calls for help from the water.
The night was very dark. An air raid was in progress and...
Launch of Samuel Lewis
Launch of Samuel Lewis towards the end of World War I bv horses from honorurv secretary Charles Grantham s farm. A driver sal on each horse, which was attached to the carriage b a trip link. As each horse approached deep water, his driver... - View image in PDF
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Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire.—At 1.45 on the afternoon of the 14th of Novem- ber, 1952, the Holyhead coastguard telephoned that a message had been received from a doctor on Bardsey Island asking for the life-boat to take a seriously sick...
Never Mind
JANUARY 1 2TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 5 P.M. the life-boat cosswain received information that the fishing boat Never Mind, of Liverpool, was missing, and that signals of distress had been seen off the Burbo Bank, and the No. 1 motor...
Hannah
On the 4th March the sloop Hannah, of Liverpool, being driven into Ratwharf bay, and a gale coming on, hoisted signals of distress, when the Moelfre life-boat proceeded to her aid, and found the crew helpless from fatigue and long...
A Small Boat
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK.—About 3.50 P.M.
on the 14th May the Coxswain's attention was drawn to a small boat which was apparently in distress about a mile from the shore. With promptness the crew of the No. 1 Life-boat were...
Boat Abercora
On the 2nd October, during a strong S.W. gale, it was reported that a steamboat—the Dulce of Alercorn—was driving down towards the pier. The Deputy Pier- Master was informed, and it was deemed advisable to assemble the crew of the Life-boat...