LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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FORT IN DANGER OF COLLAPSING Margate, Kent.—At 2.33 in the after- noon of the 5th of December, 1947, the coastguard telephoned that the Com- mander-in-Chief at the Nore had asked that the life-boat should take off the crew of four of the...
Adroit
On the 20th July, at 7 P.M., the Life- boat was launched during a very heavy N.W. gale, in response to signals of dis- tress shown from the schooner Adroit, of Aberystwith, at anchor in Forthdinllaen Bay. At the request of the master, his...
Ormsby Queen
Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 7.42 p.m. on loth April, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Ormsby Queen had an injured man on board. At 10.35 the trawler requested the help of the life-boat to convey the man...
An Aeroplane (39)
DEC. 8TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reportedin difficulties, but she was only signalling a steamer by rocket. - Rewards, £7 7s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (10)
MARCH 15TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
An aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but her crew were rescued by a naval motor launch. - Rewards, £7 10s..
An Aeroplane (7)
SEPTEMBER 16TH. - CLOVELLY, DEVON.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but the pilot was saved by another aeroplane. - Rewards, £12 15s. 6d.
A Ride on a Bicycle from Newcastle to Dundee
A ride on a bicycle from Newcastle to Dundee in 4'h days is a feat impressive enough in itself, but when one learns that the 212-mile ride was made on a penny farthing bicycle and by a 73-year-old man, Jock Harrison, well, that is... - View image in PDF
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The S.S. Redthorn
Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At 7.46 A.M.
on the 21st November, 1938, information was received from the coastguardcoastguard that a vessel was aground at the River Bann. A slight W. wind was blowing, with a choppy sea and strong...
An R.A.F. Sunderland Flying Boat
MAY 12TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES.
At 7.15 in the morning a doctor of Castlebay telephoned to the life-boat honorary secretary that he had received a telephone message from Vatersay post office that an R.A.F. Sunderland...
Arklow August 2 1986:
Arklow, August 2, 1986: Connel Elizabeth Cargill, a 44ft Waveney class lifeboat with a top speed of 15 knots almost twice as fast as any previous Arklow lifeboat and previously stationed at Troon in Scotland, was blessed and re-dedicated to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs