LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Bridlington Lifeboat the 37' Oakley William Henry and Mary King Veers Down on Her Anchor In An Attempt to Help Fv Hannah Louisa Stranded In Gale Force South-Easte
Bridlington lifeboat, the 37' Oakley William Henry and Mary King veers down on her anchor in an attempt to help FV Hannah Louisa stranded in gale force south-easterly winds and very rough seas on March 13. The fishing vessel's crew... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Newly Constructed Wishing Pool In Ramsgate Model Village Raised £263 During June July and August Harry Lawford a Dla at Ramsgate Who Built the Pool Gave All the Monies Collected In
The newly constructed wishing pool in Ramsgate Model Village raised £263 during June, July and August.
Harry Lawford, a DLA at Ramsgate, who built the pool, gave all the monies collected in it to Ramsgate lifeboat. He... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Going Aboard Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse Ii In Millbay Docks the Duke of Kent Met Captain T G Hornsby (Left) Chairman Plymouth Branch Ray Sainsbury H
Going aboard Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse II in Millbay Docks, the Duke of Kent met Captain T. G.
Hornsby (left), chairman Plymouth branch, Ray Sainsbury, honorary secretary, and Coxswain John... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Services
South East Division Sick man taken off in gale AN IRISH CONTAINER SHIP, Bell Rover, contacted Dover coastguard on the evening of Tuesday November 20,1984, seeking medical advice about one of her crew members who was sick. After consultation...
Category: Services
The Wreck Register and Chart for 1874-75
THE wreck statistics of the twelve months ending in June, 1875, certainly record the most numerous casualties that have hitherto taken place in one year. The officers of H.M. Coastguard and Board of Trade have left not a single shipping ac-...
Category: Articles
Obituaries
Obituaries Coxswain Colin Harrison, of the Runswick, Yorkshire, life-boat, was drowned in June when his coble capsized.
His son Colin, aged 12, was, however, found unconscious in the sea but revived.
The...
Category: Obituaries
27 Months of War.
In the first 27 months of war life-boats have rescued 4325 lives. They have rescued more lives in these 27 months than in the last twelve years of peace..
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (46)
NOVEMBER 24TH. - ST. MARY’S, SCILLY ISLES. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found.
- Rewards, £14 5s..
A Vessel (36)
DECEMBER 6TH. - PORT ASKAIG, ARGYLLSHIRE. A vessel was reported to need help off Skerryvore Lighthouse, but no definite position could be given ; visibility was nil, and the life-boat abandoned the search. A second message was received that...
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D class lifeboats help nearly 600 people to safety from floodingThe sterling efforts of the crews of three North Wales lifeboats during the severe flooding which hit the area in late February 1990 have earned the stations special...