LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
New Superintendent Engineer
MB. A. C. BUTCHER has been succeeded as superintendent engineer by Com- mander (E.) R. A. Gould, O.B.E., R.N.
Commander Gould entered the Navy as a boy artificer in 1915, and saw much service in the last war. He was engin-...
Category: Committee
Foam
JUNE 30TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. At 9.22 at night a message was received from Fairlight coastguard that a small boat, off Hastings pier, appeared to be in need of help. A few minutes later the boat had gone ashore by Castle Rocks. The tide was...
Jannett and Jane
RAMSGATE.—At 12.45 A.M. on the 27th January, during a fresh N. breeze, the Life-boat Bradford, in tow of the steamtug Vulcan, left the harbour in response to signal guns which had been fired by the light-vessels. On Hearing the North Sand...
Lochpark
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.—At 3.0 hi the morning of the 23rd of December 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a report had been received from a motor vessel that a trawler was ashore on Goat Island in Stornoway Harbour.
The...
Hamilton Guild Lanarkshire
A beautiful setting and perfect weather ensured that an evening of wine, open sandwiches, fashion and music, organised by Hamilton guild, Lanarkshire, was a huge success, raising £1,400. The event was held in the garden of Mrs Kay... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
University Marine Ltd
Photograph by courtesy of the Evening Argus, Brighton EHJOVS ITS WORK On the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Inshore Rescue Boats Evinrude motors have to work hard.
Have to be ready for action all the time, reliable,...
Category: Advertisement
Fishing Vessels (1)
Arbroath, Angus. At 12.25 P-m- on 12th November, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing fleet which was out was shortly due to return and that the harbour bar was dangerous. The life-boat The Duke of Montrose...
Provider A, Pilot Me and Lead Us
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 17th of March, 1955, the local fish- ing boats Provider A, Pilot Me and Lead Us were at sea in a strong north- westerly wind and a heavy swell.
About ten o'clock it was learned...
None (3)
Lerwick, Shetland*. At 1.45 on the after- noon of 27th January, 1961, the Medical Officer of Health for Shetland told the honorary secretary that a woman had been blown over by the wind on Fair Isle and had been badly injured, and that it...
Listings
Daniel L Gibson A £2M Severn class lifeboat was officially named at Hull Marina on Thursday, 24 July 2003.
The cost of the lifeboat, which is now part of the relief fleet, was met by a substantial bequest from the...
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