LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Calais-Dover: Dover-Calais
ON the 4th of August, 1951, the Calais life-boat, Marechal Foch, paid a visit to Dover. She had on board Dr. P.
Drujon, president of the Calais life- boat station, and members of his com- mittee. They were welcomed by...
Category: Branches
Book Review
0 In Power Boats in Rough Seas (Adlard Coles Ltd., £4.25) Dag Pike has taken a sharp, discerning look at the factors affecting the seaworthiness and safety of power boats and described them in concise, seamanlike terms. Whatever...
Category: Articles
A Motor Boat and a Rowing Boat
MEN FOUND IN ROWING BOAT AFTER SEARCH Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At three o'clock on the morning of the l l t h October. 1962. the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that three fishermen had set off at eight o'clock the morning...
Books
Lifeboat! by Edward Wake-Walker, Heather Deane and Georgette Purches, published by Ian Allen at £5.95 ISBN 0-7110-1835-9 As the authors of this volume are the RNLI's public relations officer, his deputy and a recently retired...
Category: Articles
Celtic
OCT. 14TH. - MARGATE, KENT. -During the morning a sailing barge was seen dragging her anchor off Margate Jetty. A northerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea, and it was decided to send out the motor life-boatThe Lord Southborough...
Pacific
MARCH 26TH. - PENLEE, AND THE LIZARD, CORNWALL. At 7.20 in the morning a message was received at Penlee from the coastguard that a vessel 4 1/2 miles south-west of The Lizard needed help. A light north-east wind was blowing. The sea was...
Immacolata, of Naples
At 4 P.M. on the 26th Sep- tember, the Life-boat Albert Edward, sta- tioned at Padstow, rescued the crew of the brigantine Immacolata,, of Naples. This vessel had brought up in a very dangerous position, outside Padstow Bar, on which a heavy...
Fishing Boats
A sudden gale from the E.N.E. sprang up on the morning of the 4th December, when the fishing-boats had just reached the fishing-ground. As the sea rose very high, only one boat attempted to shoot any lines; all the others ran for the bay.<...
Frens
MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.—A signal of distress was seen in Moelfre Bay during a storm from the S., at about 2 P.M. on the 24th January. The Lady Vivian Life- boat put off, and found that the signal was shown by the smack Frens, of Beaumaris, bound...
John Soyle
On the 8th September the schooner John Soyle, of Chester, was reported to haye sank on Cartmell Wharf, Morecambe Bay, during a strong W.N.W, gale and a heavy sea. At 11.45 A.M. the William Krkett Life-boat went to her assistance, and found...