LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
William Harvey
Tractor service THE HONORARY SECRETARY of St Ives lifeboat station was informed at 1025 on Monday November 19, 1979, that the fishing boat William Harvey had a man on board with a badly injured finger. At first it was thought that the...
Martell Cognac
The spirit of Tradition Michel Martell, the seventh generation of the Martell family to head this prestigious company, founded in 1715, was in England when the announcement was made to phase out the traditional Naval rum ration in 1970. This...
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Conwy - West Division
Lifeboat stations can be in very scenic surroundings, such as here at Conwy in Gwynedd, where the boathouse for the station's D class is almost in the shadow of the famous , castle, and backs on to part of the Town... - View image in PDF
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The John Neville Taylor Ceremony
John Neville Taylor The £1.3M Trent class lifeboat was named on Monday, 2 June 2003 in Poole.
The cost of the lifeboat was met by a substantial bequest from the estate of Mr John Taylor and other legacies. Mr Taylor... - View image in PDF
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Eglantine
JAN. 17TH. - ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At 3.50 P.M. the St. Ann’s Head coastguard reported that a French schooner was in distress two miles south of the Head.
She was the Eglantine, of Treguier, bound laden...
Ben My Chree
JUNE 25TH. - HARTLEPOOL, CO. DURHAM.
At 2.30 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that the motor coble Ben My Chree, with two men on board, was then two and a half miles N.E. of Heugh.
With a...
The S.S. Westown
FEBRUARY 16TH. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.
At about 2.30 P.M. information was received through the St. Anthony coastguard that a steamer was in difficulty in Gerrans Bay. A S.E. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. The motor...
Lavender
OCTOBER 7TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 5.35 in the morning the coastguard reported red flares at Goodwin Knoll. A moderate north-north-east breeze was blowing, but the sea was heavy. The motor life-boat Prudential was launched at 6.3 and found...
Gem
DECEMBER 11TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
A crew from Whitby had gone to Bridlington to fetch the motor fishing boat Gem. As the seas were heavy the life-boat coxswain kept a look-out for her. At 6.40 in the evening the...
French and Belgian Life-Boats In the British Fleet.
A French life-boat, which escaped from France at the end of June 1940 and arrived at an English port, with her coxswain, motor mechanic and French refugees on board, has been taken over by the Institution for the war.
She...
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