LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Asia
Penlee, Cornwall. At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 2nd of February, 1959, the port medical officer told the honorary secretary that the s.s. Asia of Liverpool, which was then three miles south-south-west of Carn Du, was making for...
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: Please Note Regretfully, only coxswains and branch and guild officials with a minimum of 10 years service can now be accepted for inclusion in the Obituaries column of THE...
Category: Obituaries
The George Pickard
At about 5.20 P.M. on the 23rd October news was received that a small boat was burning flares outside the north arm of the Admiralty breakwater. She was the old life-boat George Pickard, which had been sold out of the service, and was now...
A Boat (1)
SMALL BOAT TAKEN IN TOW Newhaven, Sussex. At 9.30 on the evening of the 7th May, 1963, the police informed the honorary secretary that a man had put to sea in the afternoon in a small boat and had not yet returned.
At 9.40...
Life-Boat Books and Articles
IN October, 1936, and 1937, supplements were published with The Life-boat giving particulars of books, and also articles in periodicals, which dealt with the life-boat service or in which the service was mentioned. All which could be traced...
Category: Articles
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Category: Advertisement
Euclase
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 7.28 on the morning of the 22nd of September, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that the steam trawler Euclase, of Granton, had run ashore at Noss Head in dense fog. At 7.50 the life- boat City of Edinburgh was...
Audrey
Poole and Bournemouth, Dorsetshire.— At eight o'clock in the evening of the 4th of September, 1949, the South bourne coastguard reported that a small vessel was on fire near Poole harbour entrance.
At 8.5 the life-boat...
Robin
LOBSTER BOAT AIDED Stromness, Orkneys. At 4.20 a.m.
on 24th June, 1964, the honorary secretary was told that the lobster boat Robin of Kirkwall on passage to Stromness was overdue. At 4.45 the life-boat Archibald and...
Our Laddie
MAY 28TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. At 5.15 A.M. a message was received from Gunfleet Lighthouse through the coastguard that a vessel had gone aground on the Gunfleet Sands. A moderate N.N.W. breeze was blowing, with a slight sea. The...