LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-Boat Calendar for 1943.
The life-boat calendar for 1943 will shortly be ready. It will have on it a reproduction in colours of a painting of Coxswain Edward Drake Parker, of Margate, who won the D.S.M. for helping to bring off over 600 men of the B.E.F. from the...
Category: Articles
Fishing Boats
On the 9th May* the life-boat of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, which is stationed at Thorpe- ness, was the means of saving the Lives of 3 fishermen, who had been caught in a gale near Sizewell Bank, and were in great danger. Being seen...
A Mustang Aeroplane
MAY 8TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK. A Mustang aeroplane had crashed near the shore, but the pilot waded ashore. - Rewards, £9 17s. 3d.
An R.A.F. Aeroplane (1)
NOVEMBER 22ND. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY. At 1.15 in the afternoon the Holyhead coastguard reported that an R.A.F. aeroplane had crashed between the breakwater and the Skerries. A strong northwest wind was blowing, with a moderately rough sea,...
Oil As a Wave Smoother
The Shipping and Mercantile Gazette recently called attention in a leading article to the advisability of the use of oil during rough weather at sea under certain favourable conditions. They remarked that it was gratifying to observe that...
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Wesley
On the 8th March, soon after daylight, it was reported that a ketch was ashore on the north part of the Goodwin Sands. The weather up to this time had been hazy. Orders were at once given for the Life-boat Bradford and a tug to go out to...
Fairy Queen
The fishing-skiff, Fairy Queen, of Campbel- town, was caught in a heavy N.E. gale on the evening of the 7th February, and was not able to make the harbour.
During the whole of the next day the gale increased, and the skiff...
Fishing Boats
The new motor Life-boat John A. Hay was launched in a strong S.E. gale to assist some of the small fishing boats, engaged in lobster fishing, which were in difficulties, owing to the severity of the weather. The Life-boat searched for some...
Adieu Va
— During a whole W.S.W. gale and heavy sea on the 27th October a telegram was received from the Clontarf Coastguard, stating that two vessels were showing signals of distress. As both vessels were in dangerous positions, about one mile north...