LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mary
ST. IVES, CORNWALL.—On the morning of the 20th July, the pilot-cutter Mary, of Bristol, was seen riding in a dangerous position, while a strong gale was blowing from the N. accompanied by a heavy sea.
Every movement of...
Helen Hutchnson
During a, strong W.N.W. gale with heavy sea on the 28th January the schooner Helen Hutcliesou, of Peterhead, at anchor in the Roadstead, showed signals of distress after an unsuccessful attempt by the vessel's crew to land in their own...
Marietta
Dungeness, Kent.—At 9.30 on the morn- ing of the 5th of March, 1957, the life- boat coxswain heard on his wireless that two vessels had been in collision seven miles east-by-north of Dunge- ness. At 9.50 the life-boat Charles Cooper...
Fishing Cobles
Several of the fishing-cobles, when returning from their fishing on the 23rd October, were overtaken by a heavy sea. Most of them succeeded in making the harbour in safety, but the last boat, which was some distance behind the others, was ex...
Franklin Mint
THE COLLECTOR'S EDITION GAME ** JW All ten classic playing tokens are crafted in pewter and plated with 22 carat gold. Duaiu aiiuwii much smaller than actual size of 20VL x 20V W x 3"H.
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Drakedene
Walmer, Kent.—At ten o'clock on the morning of the 25th of November, 1954, the coxswain noticed that a ship in the Downs was showing a flag signi- fying that she was disabled. At 10.40, at high water, the life-boat Charles Dibdin, Civil...
Naming Ceremonies: Lerwick and Dungeness
HRH THE DUKE OF KENT, president of the Institution, visited Shetland for the first time on Tuesday September 12, 1978, when he named Lerwick's new 52ft Arun class lifeboat, Soldian. A guard was provided by A (Lovat Scouts) Company 2/51...
Category: Inaugurations
S.S. Jan Van Goyen
JANUARY 9TH. - TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE.
At 9.30 in the morning, the senior naval officer telephoned that the S.S. Jan Van Goyen, which had lost both anchors and carried away her windlass, had stood out to sea. She was one of...
Fishing Cobles
Filey, Yorkshire - At 8.45 a.m. on 25th January, 1967, nine cobles were reported at sea and there was a distinct possibility of conditions worsening when the tide flooded. By 9.45 conditions had deteriorated considerably and the life-boat...
Majorca
Torbay: The crew from the cargo vessel Majorca are put ashore at Brixham. At 0430 on Saturday September 18, 1982, Majorca, 20 miles south east of Straight Point, sent out a may day call; she had a list of 5 degrees and her cargo was shifting...