LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Garbage Lighter Gerrard
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 8.22 on the morning of the 22nd of December, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that a barge was driving towards the boom defence off Shoeburyness. At 8.50 the life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No. 3 was...
Bridge
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 8.35 on the evening of the 1st of August, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secre- tary that a small yacht was aground on the Barrow Sands. A helicopter took off and at 8.55 the life-boat Greater London II...
Heart of Gold
Margate, Kent.—At 3.2 on the after- noon of the 5th of September, 1956, the coastguard reported that a fishing- vessel was showing distress signals about three miles north-east of Mar- gate. At 3.12 the life-boat North Foreland (Civil...
French Life-Boats
THE Societe Centrale de Sauvetage des Naufrages, the French life-boat society with headquarters in Paris, no longer has pulling and sailing life-boats in its fleet, as mentioned in the March issue. Its fleet consists of 56 motor life-boats...
Category: Articles
Dolphin
Fishing vessel sinking ORANGE SMOKE observed one mile east of Chapel Point and six miles north of the lifeboat station was reported to Skegness honorary secretary at 1557 on Tuesday, June 29.
In good visibility and with a...
Daniel
During a strong S.W. breeze with a heavy sea on the 29th April the schooner Daniel, of Nantes, stranded on the bar at New- haven. The Life-boat Michael Henry was launched at 5.45 P.M. and pro- ceeded to the vessel. The captain stated that he...
Canada Belle
The barque Canada Belle, of Whitby, struck on the Whitburn Steel rocks during a gale of wind at S.S.W. on the night of the 23rd Nov., 1872. Fortu- nately her signals of distress were ob- served, and the Thomas Wilson Life-boat, •with...
Cover Picture
Our cover photograph for the spring issue was taken by David Parker, one of the four people to whom, at the Boat Show, the Duke of Atholl presented statuettes of lifchoatmen for their outstanding service to the RNLI in the field of public... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Institution's Machinery Shop
As a result of the stoppage of the building of life-boats, the Institution’s own machinery shop, in its depot at Boreham Wood, Herts, which overhauled and repaired its engines, and made all the machinery for motor life-boats except the...
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An Aeroplane (138)
SEPTEMBER 11TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £16 15s. 6d..