LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (36)
OCTOBER 13TH. - ARBROATH, ANGUS.
At 3.15 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea three miles S.W. of Arbroath harbour.
A light southerly wind was blowing, and...
The Sailing Barge Monarch
OCTOBER 14TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET.
About four in the afternoon the coastguard reported that H.M.S. Albatross was towing the sailing barge Monarch and had asked that the life-boat should go out, take over, and tow her into...
An Aeroplane
JANUARY 26TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET.
At 2.5 in the morning, information was received from the Bournemouth police, through the coastguard, that an aeroplane had crashed three miles west of Hengistbury Head. A light north-west...
Little Billy
NOVEMBER 2ND. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
At 4.20 P.M. a fishing vessel about 1 1/2 miles N.E. of the life-boat station was seen to be flying a distress signal. A strong S.W. wind, increasing to gale force, was blowing. There was a...
Three Station Secretaries
THE Institution has recently lost three very distinguished secretaries of life- boat stations, for whose long services it is very grateful.
Mr. Alexander Robertson, of Eastbourne Mr. Alexander Robertson, of East- bourne,...
Category: Obituaries
The S.S. Whinstone, of Preston
ON 25th November, just before eight o'clock in the morning, the Donna Nook Life-boat went out in answer to signals of distress. The conditions could not i She found the Whinstone at anchor, after have been worse. A whole gale was I...
Feature Lifeboats on the Thames
On 20 August 1989 the pleasure cruiser Marchioness and dredger Bowbelle collided on London's River Thames beneath Southwark Bridge. The accident, which cost the lives of 51 people, led to demands for a fundamental review of emergency...
Category: Articles
Listings
Naming ceremoniesAlec and Christina Dykes atTorbay More than 350 guests attended the ceremony for Devon's first Severn class lifeboat. The lifeboat was received on behalf of the RNLI by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston CBE RD and named by Torbay...
Category: Articles
Countess, of Lisburne
On the 13th December the smack Countess of Zdsburne, of Aberystwyth, laden with limestone, was observed in a dangerous position on Car- digan Bar, in a heavy ground swell. The life-boat was immediately launched, and, proceeding through the...
Wild Rose, of Brixham
The Cromer life-boat put out to the assistance of the dismasted brig Wild Hose, of Brixham, and at the request of the master stayed by her for several hours, when two steam-tugs arrived to tow the vessel into Yarmouth Harbour.