LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat
The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat is...
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An R.A.F. Spitfire Aeroplane
MARCH 1ST . - WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE. An R.A.F. Spitfire aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the pilot was rescued by a trawler and the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £6 13s..
Anita Mar
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire - At 1.45 p.m. on 29th July, 1967, while the life-boat Lilly Wainwright was on passage to Conway, the crew were informed that a dinghy had capsized off Orme's Head.
There was a fresh south...
Income and Expenditure for 1926
A PULL statement of accounts is published each year by the Institution and is printed in its Annual Report. In spite of the fact that this has always been done for a century past, two criticisms of the Institution are made periodically. The...
Category: Accounts
A Boat
On the 16th May a sailor-boy, while endeavouring to reach his vessel, in Kedwharf Bay, in a boat from the shore, was driven out to sea by the strong ebb and high wind. The Moelfre life-boat was launched as soon as possible, and, after a long...
C. Sadikoglu, of Turkey
Plymouth, Devon.—At 3.22 on the afternoon of the 4th of February, 1957, a message was received that a vessel had broken down a mile and a half south of the breakwater. At 3.36 the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Romse put out....
Andante
Girvan, Ayrshire - At 5.20 p.m. on 26th April, 1970, the motor mechanic of the life-boat reported that a yacht was in difficulties off the harbour and drifting towards the dangerous coast south of Girvan. At 5.35 the life-boat James and...
The Seven Stones Lightvessel
Penlee, Cornwall.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 25th of October, 1952, the Pen:sance Superintendent of Trinity House telephoned that the wife of the master of the Seven Stones lightvessel was seriously ill and asked if the life-boat would...
Cramond Isle and Rodull
Stromness, Orkneys.—At 9.3 on the night of the 8th of January, 1949, the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned that the engine of the outward bound Hull trawler Cramond Isle had broken down, that the trawler was leaking badly, and that, although...
Norman Clark (1902-1920) Perhaps One of the Best Loved of North Berwick's Pulling and Sailing Lifeboats on Winter Service (Left) Here Can Be Seen Something of the Wild F
Norman Clark (1902-1920), perhaps one of the best loved of North Berwick's pulling ami sailing lifeboats, on winter service (left). Here can be seen something of the wild fury of which the sea is capable on this rockv shore.. - View image in PDF
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