LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (145)
OCTOBER 29TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX.
During an air battle the coxswain saw a British aeroplane crash several miles W. by S. from Selsey Bill, and at 3 P.M. launched the motor life-boat Canadian Pacific. A moderate S.E. breeze...
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FEBRUARY 18TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. During the afternoon the naval authorities asked for the services of the life-boat to destroy a floating mine, and the motor life-boat E.M.E.D. was launched at 3.35 P.M. A coastguard and a naval...
The S.S. Rustoer and the S.S. Challenger
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. — At 10 A.M. on the 24th January, during a strong S.E. gale with a very rough sea, the s.s. Rustoer, of Glasgow, was dragging her anchor and drifting off the pier. Only the captain and a boy were aboard her. The...
Pass of Balmaha
Douglas, Isle of Man.—On the 5th of June, 1956. the harbour master was informed by the local agent of the tanker Pass of Balmaha, of London, that a member of her crew had had a seizure and was unconscious. The harbour master asked if the...
Cabinet, of Newcastle
The barque Cabinet, of Newcastle, went on the Manacle Rocks, off the Cornish coast, on the night of the 11th Jan., after she had been de- tained in the Channel for more than a week through stress of weather. It was blowing strongly at the...
Minsk
The steamer Minsk, of Copenhagen, was observed near the Bull Sand with a very heavy list to port, on the 10th December, and the Life-boat proceeded to her assistance. On arrival it was found that she was abandoned, having been mined whilst...
Six Sisters
A three-masted schooner, the Six Sisters, of Hull, was anchored off the Grand Hotel, Sheringham, her auxiliary motor having broken down while she was bound to Portsmouth in ballast.
At 5.25 P.M. on the 31st May the coast-...
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Selsey, Sussex.—18th August, 1938.
At about 4 P.M. the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of the life-boat station that two women bathers were in difficulties off the West Beach, Selsey.
A moderate...
Sea Hawkinge
Caister, Norfolk. At 3.50 on the afternoon of the 9th of July, 1959, the coastguard at Gorleston informed the honorary secretary that a small boat was making little headway in a very rough sea off North Scroby buoy. A later report from the...
New Year Honours
The following were among those honoured by the Queen in the New Year Honours - C.B.
Rear Admiral Geoffrey H. Carcw-Hunt, Admiral Commanding Reserves, is an ex-officio member of the Committee of Management of the Institution...
Category: Awards