LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The North Coast of Cornwall As a Suitable Position for a Steam Life-Boat
ON the 8th April this year the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION decided to build and station a Steam Life-boat at Padstow, and it is of considerable inte- rest to pass in review the reasons which led the governing body to adopt such a...
Category: Articles
The Greek Brig Calamidas
On the follow- ing day, the Greek brig Calamidas was in a very perilous position in Newquay Bay, during a strong N.N.W. gale, accompanied by a very heavy sea. The Coast Guard attended with the rocket apparatus, but the ship was too distant...
The Wrecked Life-Boat "Arab." In the Background Is the Wreck of the "Peace and Plenty."
The Wrecked Life-Boat "Arab" In The Background Is The Wreck of the "Peace and Plenty/'. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Fishwives of Cullercoats
THE fishwives of Cullercoats, Northum- berland, carried out their eleventh annual collection on behalf of the Institution, on 30th July, when the Cullercoats Life-boat had its quarterly road exercise and launch. The collec- tion was again a...
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The Book of Flags
A SECOND edition has been published of The Book of Flags (Oxford Univer- sity Press, 155.), by Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell, V.C., D.S.O., and Mr. I. O. Evans, F.R.G.S., which was first published in 1950 and reviewed in The Life-boat for...
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The Speedboat Hot Banana
The speedboat Hot Banana lived up to her name on 6 July when a fire, believed to have started in the outboard engine, spread to the fuel tank and caused a major explosion.
The boat burst into flames at the entrance to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Sailing Barge Astrild
MAY 2ND. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 2.40 in the morning a message was received from Southend coastguard that a vessel was burning flares and firing rockets three miles east of Southend pier. A strong easterly breeze was blowing, and...
Notes of the Quarter By the Editor
THE YEAR 1974 began in an atmosphere of gloom and anxiety with industry limited to a three-day week and restrictions on lighting recalling wartime blackouts.
The first month of the year was also one in which there were...
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Above: the Skegness Crew
Above: The Skegness crew at the station's open day.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Torrance, of Irvine
On the night of the 25th Nov., in reply to signals of distress shown from the Torrance, of Irvine, the Life-boat Fair Maid of Perth went out from this port and, with great difficulty, rescued the crew of 6 men. This vessel had been in tow of...