LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rebecca and Mary
On the 20th February a large schooner was observed making for Liverpool, and she came to anchor about five miles off St.
Anne's. As there was a strong gale blowing from the north-west and a very heavy sea running, a...
Empress of India
The No. 1 Life- boat Covent Garden was launched at 1.45 P.M. on the 4th September, the Coastguard having reported a vessel was making distress signals. It transpired that the ketch barge Empress of India, of. Ipswich, whilst bound from...
Acacia
On the 12th May the ketch Acacia, of London, bound from Grimsby for Faro for the fisheries, was seen in the bay, evidently making for the harbour, in a moderate N.N.E. breeze and a rough sea, and a telephone message was received from the...
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FOOD, MAILS AND A DOCTOR Lerwick, Shetland*.—At 9.30 in the evening of the 28th of February, 1947, the postmaster asked, on behalf of himself and the food officer, if the life-boat could go out on the following day to take food and mails to...
Lifeboat People
Among the awards announced in the Birthday Honours list were: KCVO Captain Alastair Sturgis Aird, cvo.
Sir Alastair is Comptroller and Equerry to HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, a Patron of the...
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Additional Life-Boat Stations
Fully impressed as we are with the conviction that more life-boat stations, and improved organization of the boats already established, are the two most pressing wants on our coasts, we are gratified to be able to announce that since the...
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Nautical Images
Four Signed Maritime Fine Art Prints • BY MICHAEL JAMES WHITEH AND THE CHANNEL FLEET The might of the Channel Fleet sailing for battle against the French.
THE FRIGATES VICTORY NEWS Homeward bound, the swift and strong...
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United States Life-Saving Service
THANES to the courtesy of Mr. SUMMEE I.
KIMBALI,, the General Superintendent of the United States Government Life-Saving Service, we are enabled to place before onr readers a general outline of the operations of that...
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Fishing Cobles (1)
Newbiggin, Northumberland.—On the 19th of February, 1951, several local fishing cobles were at sea in bad weather.
By 1.30 in the afternoon the weather had got worse. Three cobles were still out and it was thought...
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Galway Bay - At 10 a.m. on 9th August, 1966, the doctor requested the services of the life-boat to transport a seriously ill patient to hospital on the mainland. At 11.10 the life-boat John R.
Webb, on temporary duty at the...