LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
There Are 199 Steps Up Church Stairs In Whitby
There are 199 steps up Church Stairs in Whitby and Mrs Eileen Whittingham (above) climbed them all last May. Her effort was considerably more than it sounds because she carried it out on artificial limbs, her legs having been amputated... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Idler
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 9.45 on the night of the 1st of August, 1952, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned that the sailing yacht Idler was in difficulties a mile off Burton Brad- stock, and at 10.0 the life-boat William and Clara Ryland left...
Paragon
NORTH SUNDERLAND.—The Fame lighthouses having signalled a ship in distress on the Knavestone Bock, the Life-boat Thomas Bewick was launched at 2.45 A.M.
on the 12th July, in a moderate W.N.W.
gale and a...
Dragor Maersk
DANISH MOTOR VESSEL IN COLLISION Dungeness, Kent. At 6.18 on the evening of the 22nd April, 1962, the second coxswain told the honorary secretary that he had heard on his wireless a message being passed to North Foreland radio station from a...
The New Brighton Life-Boat Rescuing the Crew of the Emile Delmas, 24th November, 1928. The Finest Service of the Year
(It should be noted that in ordinary circumstances the mast would not be lying across the net, but the Coxswain was compelled to stow it, as both steamer and Life-boat were rolling heavily.) This is a reproduction of a painting by Mr....
Category: Drawings
Aldeburgh- East Division
Aldeburgh's lifeboats are housed separately on the beach along the parallell Crag Path.
The 'A-frame' building to the right of picture below is the new 'Penza' boathouse which houses the Mersey class... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Rubber Dinghy
St. Abbs, Berwickshire.—At 1.38 in the afternoon, on the 9th of April, 1950, a message was received that a youth was being blown seawards in a rubber dinghy three-quarters of a mile off Coldingham Sands. Accordingly, at 1.45 the life-boat J....
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Howth, Co. Dublin.—At 7.15 in the evening of the 26th of June, 1949, a report was received through the aCivic Guard that a man had fallen over the cliffs between Redrock and Drumleek to the south of Howth. It was impos- sible to reach him...
Ida Bakke, and Oil Tanker British Influence
SEPT . 15TH. - COURTMACSHERRY HARBOUR, CO. CORK. A telephone message was received from the Superintendent of the Coast Life-Saving Service at about 6.30 A.M., asking that the life-boat should be sent out to meet the Norwegian motor vessel...
Fairey Marine
Marine FAIREY MARINE GROUP You should never need a lifeboat in your Fairey fast patrol boat, commercial vessel, high speed motor yacht or luxury off-shore power cruiser because they are designed and built to the highest standards of...
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