LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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The History of the North Deal Walmer and Kingsdowne Lifeboats by Jeff Morris published by the author at £2.50 (including post and packing)A new book by this prolific chronicler of lifeboats station histories - this time covering three...
Category: Articles
Patrick
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—At 4 P.M. on the 8th February, a signal of distress was hoisted by the cutter Patrick, of Peel, coal laden from Whitehaven for Killough, which was riding heavily with three anchors down, and dragging them about a mile...
Alcedo
ALDBOROUGH.—The steamer Alcedo, of and for Bilbao, laden with cement and coke from Newcastle, and having a crew of twenty-one men, stranded on the ShipwashShipwash Sand while a strong S.W. wind was blowing on the 30th October, and broke her...
Maria Natividad
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 8.5 in the morning of the 29th of September, 1951, Valentia Radio reported that a man was adrift in a ship's boat off the Bull Rock Lighthouse, and the life- boat A.E.D. was launched at 8.20. A south-easterly gale...
Four Attempts to Reach Life-Boat
AT 7.15 on the evening of the 26th of November, 1954, the honorary secretary of the Valentia (Co. Kerry) life-boat station, Mr. Kieran O'Driscoll, was informed by Valentia Radio that the motor trawler Ros Airgead was aground on White...
Category: Services
Brilliant
BTTE, SUSSEX. The Mary Stanford Lifebout was launched at 2 A.M. on the 21st May, in reply to signals of distress shown by a vessel which proved to be the schooner Brilliant, of Fowey, bound from Antwerp to Plymouth, with a cargo of...
St. Anne
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. At 10.55 on the night of the 18th of January, 1958, the Formby coastguard told the honorary secretary that the pilot cutter St. Anne, of Preston, was agroundbetween Lytham and Preston docks.
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Hamlyn Group (BASH Ltd)
Bookw of the I Bookshop Offer Price £4.95 Price after 1st July £ 6.95 Every copy sold makes a contribution to the RNLI! This is the exciting story of the RNLI: the men, the boats, the rescues, and has been chosen by a panel of...
Category: Advertisement
A Sailing Dinghy (2)
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. At 12.12 on the afternoon of the 12th of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the chairman of the branch, who was acting as honorary secretary, that a sailing dinghy had capsized a mile and a half from South Pirsey...
Leicester Ladies' Guild
George Smith, international flower arranger and author, completes a large decoration at a flower arranging demonstration organised by Leicester ladies' guild at the Grand Hotel, Leicester. The evening, attended by 450 people, raised... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs