LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Norfolk-Based Artist Mick Bensley
Norfolk-based artist Mick Bensley puts the finishing touches to one of the 40 watercolours of lifeboat rescues to be featured in a oneman exhibition at the Picturecraft Gallery, Holt, Norfolk from Mav 28 to June 2 this year. - View image in PDF
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Laertes (1)
FEBRUARY 3RD. - EASTBOURNE, AND HASTINGS, SUSSEX. The Dutch steamer Laertes, of Amsterdam, had struck a mine S.E. of the Royal Sovereign Lightship, and had caught fire, but she was able to reach a Dutch port under her own power. - Rewards :...
A Naval Patrol Vessel
JULY 28TH. - TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
A naval patrol vessel had sent out an S.O.S. as her steering column had broken, but she was able to repair it.- Rewards, £8 2s..
A Motor Vessel (1)
DECEMBER 13TH. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE. An SOS had been received from a motor vessel on fire off Corsewall Point, but the fire was got under control, the injured members of the crew were taken off by a motor launch, and tugs arrived to...
A Naval Motor Boat
DECEMBER 16TH. - PLYMOUTH, DEVON.
A naval motor boat had foundered while going ashore from minesweeper H.M.S. Tenby in a gale, but the life-boat, which made a long search, found nothing. Of the eight men in the boat, seven...
The S.S. Parkwood
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 11.33 on the morning of the 4th of November, 1953, the Walton-on-the-Naze coast- guard rang up to say that the S.S.
Parkwood, of Middlesbrough, with a crew of fifteen, had run ashore on the...
The Faroese Fishing Smack Else
Wick, Caithness-shire. At 7.30 on the morning of the 9th of January, 1961, a message was received that a vessel was on fire off Duncansby Head. There was a light north-easterly breeze with a slight sea, and it was almost low water. At eight...
Marie Galante
At noon on 2yth July, 1966, a Belgian yacht was reported aground and capsizedcapsized on the Longsand Head. The lifeboat Edian Courtauld left her moorings at 12.20 in a strong north-north-easterly wind and a very rough sea. It was four hours...
Morton and Port Eynon - West Division
The delightful setting of Morton and Port Eynon. on the South Wales coast, serves to illustrate one of the benefits of the station's D class lifeboat - the ease with which it can be manoeuvred over that vast expanse of sand visible at... - View image in PDF
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A 'Day' at the Races...
Garford branch held a Race Night on 20 March which also included supper, dancing and a raffle.. - View image in PDF
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