LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Warwickbrook
DOCTOR TAKEN TO CHIEF ENGINEER Cromer, Norfolk. At 8.36 on the morning of the llth June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there was a sick man on board the motor vessel Warwickbrook, of London, who needed medical...
Lou Mani
JULY 29TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 1 P.M. the coastguard informed the life-boat station that the South Goodwin Light-vessel had reported a small open boat with a crew of two, drifting on to the Goodwin Sands.
A strong S.W. wind...
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Category: Articles
A Lighter
Dover, Kent. At 11.30 on the night of the 19th of November, 1959, Lloyd's agent informed the honorary secretary that a lighter had broken adrift from the Dutch tug Titan. At 11.59 the life- boat Southern Africa left her moorings in a...
Small Scale:
Small scale: Terence Amey (I) holds the model he made of Dover's 50ft Thames class lifeboat, Rotary Service, standing on the foredeck of the real thing. Since he completed his fine model, Mr Amey has been able to send some £500 to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (37)
MARCH 26TH. - CLOVELLY, DEVON.
An aeroplane had been reported down S.W.
of Lundy Island, but nothing but quantities of oil was found. - Rewards, £25 8s..
Oscilla
St. Marys, Scilly Islands - At 9.43 a.m. on 21st October, 1968, the honorary secretary learnt that the captain of the tanker Oscilla was in a coma and had to be brought ashore.
The life-boat Guy and Clare Hunter, with a...
Phoenix AX193
OCTOBER 19TH. - CLOVELLY, DEVON.
At 1.30 in the morning a message came from the naval officer-in-charge at Appledore that phoenix AX193 - one of the concrete caissons used to build the breakwater of the invasion port on...
The Fishing Boat
Plymouth, Devon - At 4.22 p.m. on 6th April, 1969, the coastguardinformed the honorary secretary that a fishing boat, with a crew of five on board, had broken down in Whitsand bay. At 4.40 the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse slipped...
St. Declan
On the 14th of December, 1950, the Dunmore East life-boat saved the fish- ing boat St. Declan and -rescued her crew of five. The Institution awarded a bar to the bronze medal which he had won in 1941 to Coxswain Patrick Power, the bronze...