LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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contents neWs including 8 Old and new generation lifeboats, boathouses – and crew 9 A readers’ offer for all who love The Sea 10 Artistry in Cornwall and Whitby 12 Lifesaving world championships to boost volunteering rescue 4 iNSight A...
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A Fishing Vessel
Dover, Kent.—At 10.35 in the morn- ing of the 15th of March, 1950, the signal station at the eastern arm of Dover Harbour reported a small motor boat drifting about a mile and a half off Dover, with her crew of two waving for help. At 10.50...
The Fishing Smacks Useful and Mannin
Douglas, Isle of Man.—During the afternoon of the llth March, 1939, a strong N.W. gale sprang up, with a heavy sea. Anxiety was felt for the local fishing smacks Useful and Manmn, which were at sea, and the motor lifeboat Manchester and...
Three Cobles
Filey, Yorkshire.—At 1.40 on the afternoon of the 23rd of August, 1957, the coastguard reported that the weather was worsening and that three cobles were still at sea. The life-boat The Isa and Penryn M listed was launched at 1.45 in a rough...
A Mustang Aeroplane
JULY 29TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. At 11.23 in the morning the Fairlight coastguard reported that a Mustang aeroplane had come down in the sea two and a half miles from Hastings. A light south-west wind was blowing, with a slight sea. The motor...
Stella, of Waterford
APRIL 19TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. At 11.15 at night the civic guard telephoned that flares for help had been seen. A light south-east wind was blowing. The sea was smooth. The motor life-boat Agnes Cross, on temporary duty at the...
Elizabeth, of Teignmouth
On the evening of the 5th March, the sloop Elizabeth, of Teign- mouth, was observed outside the bar of the river in an unmanageable state, having lost her rudder. The wind was blowing a gale from the S.S.W.; there was a heavy sea on the bar,...
Wave
SUTTON, LINCOLNSHIRE.—On the 4thJuly the Life-boat Caroline proceeded to the assistance of the yawl Wave, of Goole, which was showing a signal of distress.
On arriving alongside it was found that her foretopmast and...
A Village Bazaar
£83 from a Population of 558.A LIFE-BOAT worker who lives in the village of Shuttleworth, near Ramsbottom, in Lancashire, held a Life-boat Bazaar on 8th May. Her party consisted of herself, her two daughters and five working girls. The...
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Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of James Thomas Upperton, the coxswain of the Shoreham Harbour life-boat. Cox- swain Upperton first joined the crew in 1910. He became second coxswain in 1940 and in 1947 he was appointed coxswain. He is a holder...
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