LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Medora
BLACKPOOL.—At about 9 A.M., on the 27th November, the Robert William Lifeboat proceeded to the aid of the barque Medora, of Laurvig, which was observed to be drifting into a dangerous position.
One of the Life-boatmen was...
An Aeroplane (19)
SEPT. 18TH. - ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At one in the morning it was reported that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea. She sank just after the life-boat reached her. There was no sign of her crew. The life-boat again searched...
A Vessel (8)
MARCH 20TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
The motor life-boat John and Charles Kennedy, which had been moored in the harbour after the service the day before, put out at 3 P.M. and took a pilot out to a vessel, as the...
Gerassimos Vergottis and Van Ostade
JULY 1ST. - PENLEE, AND THE LIZARD, CORNWALL. During thick fog the Greek steamer Gerassimos Vergottis and the Dutch steamer Van Ostade had collided, and the Greek steamer had been badly damaged.
The life-boats could not...
Book Review
" THE LIFE-BOAT AND ITS STORY." By Noel T. Methley. Sidgwick and Jack- son. 7s. 6d.
In our May issue we briefly noted the publication of this book, which reached us too late for review. As the Life- boat Journal...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services
A MAYDAY RELAY message from the Danish motor vessel Charlottenburg was heard by St Peter Port Signal Station at 1323 on Sunday December 13, 1981.
Charlottenburg was going to the assistance of Bonita, an Ecuadorian motor...
Category: Services
Some Ways of Raising Money
Totton and District branch is organising no less than 12 fund-raising events in 1980, and has distributed its programme to 8,000 homes in its area. The first event, a jumble sale in February, realised £313. The branch received donations...
Category: Donations
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Category: Advertisement
A Fishing Boat
SEATON CAREW.—On the forenoon of the 14th September, when it was blowing hard at N.E., a fishing boat of West Hartlepool got involved among the breakers near the North Gare, and exhibited signals of distress, being unable to get off shore...
Fortuna
HORNSEA.—At noon on the 18th April, when it was blowing hard from the eastward, the brig Fortuna, of Oster-Risoer, was driven, ashore to the north of the town, and the Life-boat Ellen and Margaret of Settle was launched, and proceeding...