LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Margrethe Bakke
Dover, and Dungeness, Kent.—At 10.58 on the morning of the 22nd of Feb- ruary, 1954, the S. ndgate coastguard rang up the Dover life-boat station to say the motor vessel Margrethe Bakke, of Haugesund, Norway, had collided with a French ship...
Margrethe Bakke (1)
Dover, and Dungeness, Kent.—At 10.58 on the morning of the 22nd of Feb- ruary, 1954, the S. ndgate coastguard rang up the Dover life-boat station to say the motor vessel Margrethe Bakke, of Haugesund, Norway, had collided with a French ship...
The Swiss Steamer Lugano
Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland.
—At seven o'clock on the evening of the 16th of November, 1952, the coast- guard telephoned that a vessel east-by- north of the pier had signalled for a doctor as her master felt ill....
Narada
Dunbar, East Lothian. At 7.45 on the morning of the 1st of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor fish- ing vessel Narada was in trouble three miles south-east of May Island. The life-boat Margaret put...
Launch of St. David's Life-Boat
Launch of St David's Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Princess Margaret Meets St. Peter Port Crew
Princess Margaret Meets St Peter Port Crew. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Success (1)
Redcar, and Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At about 9.45 A.M. on the 2nd January, 1939, the coastguard at Marske telephoned that a motor fishing vessel was in distress four miles north-east of Huntcliffe. She was the Success, of Whitby, with a crew...
Seawitch
Rhyl, Flintshire - At 6.38 p.m. on 19th July, 1966, the honorary secretary of the ladies' life-boat guild reported that a red flare had been fired from a fishing boat half a mile to seaward of the boathouse.
The...
The Sunstar
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—On the evening of the 9th August the coastguard reported that St. Nicholas light-vessel was firing distress signals for a small yacht ashore in a dangerous position on Scroby Sands. A...
Mr. G. B. Dixon, of Walthamstow
By the death of Mr. George B.
Dixon, of Walthamstow, at the age of seventy-six, the Institution has lost one of its most valued honorary secretaries. He was appointed honor- ary secretary in 1923, and, in spite of the...
Category: Obituaries