LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Point Girl
JULY 30TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO.
CORK. At 1.20 P.M. a man reported to the life-boat coxswain that the motor fishing boat Point Girl, of Ballycotton, which was out with anglers, was flying a distress signal about two miles S.W...
Maritime Book Society (Readers Union)
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Category: Committee
Don
. At 5.30 A.M., OB the 14th February, the schooner Don, of Aberdeen, bound to Sunderland with chalk, stranded on the South Barber Sand during a strong S.
wind and a heavy sea. The No. 2 Lifeboat promptly went to her...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
THE object of this Institution, as declared in its title, is to afford assistance to every Shipwrecked Person around the coasts of the United Kingdom.
The chief means by which it hopes to carry this object into effect are—...
Category: Advertisement
Some Ways of Raising Monev
'A Queen's Gala' at Pitcaple Castle, Inverurie, on Sunday June 10 raised £1,600 for the lifeboat service. During the afternoon six scenes from the life of Mary Queen of Scots were danced on the lawn by pupils of the Anne...
Category: Donations
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Filey, Yorkshire. At 9.30 on the even- ing of the 19th August, 1961, the coast- guard requested the honorary secretary to launch the life-boat to illuminate the cliff base where four people had been cut off by the tide. At 10.3 the maroons...
As Reported on Page 108, 46-Foot 9-Inch and 47- Watson Class Life-Boats Are Being Fitted With Two Self-inflatable Bags Which Will Bring Them Back to the Upright Position If They Should Capsize Once.
As reported on page 108, 46-foot 9-inch and 47-foot Watson class life-boats are being fitted with two selfinflatable bags which will bring them back to the upright position if they should capsize once. The pictures, beginning left with a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fig 2: After End Jacked Up So That Holes Can Be Drilled Through Deadwood for Keel Bolts the Longest Bolt Being 3Ft 6In
Fig. 2: After end jacked up so that holes can be drilled through deadwood for keel bolts, the longest bolt being 3ft 6in.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Star Wars and lifeboats
The producers of legendary movie franchise Star Wars have shown their support of lifesavers- not lightsabers- by making a sizeable donation to Co Kerry's Valentia Lifeboat Station.
While...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (28)
MARCH 2ND. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT. The R.A.F. reported that an aeroplane was down in the sea and that it was too rough for their speed boat, but the life-boat found nothing.
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