LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Black Bess
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At about 11 A.M.
on the 30th September, 1938, the coastguard reported a motor launch broken down two and a half miles E.N.E. of Sizewell. About half an hour later she hoisted a signal of distress, and...
Godetia
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At five o'clock in the afternoon, on the 4th of Novem- ber, 1949, the coastguard reported a flare three miles north-north-east of Wick. Half an hour later the life-boat City of Edinburgh was launched in a rough sea...
Virginia
Ilfracombe, Devon.—About half past four on the afternoon of the 30th of September, 1950, a small boat was seen by a member of the life-boat crew making distress signals north-east of Ilfracombe. This was confirmed by the coastguard. At 5.15...
Guiding Light
Arklow, Co. Wicldow.—At five o'clock on the evening of the 1st of December, 1950, distress signals were seen three miles north of Arklow Harbour. Five minutes later the life-boat Inbhear Mor was launched in a very rough sea with a...
Cornelia
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 9.20 on the night of the 13th of August, 1951, a barge was seen off Whitby Rock. The coastguard said she had made no dis- tress signals, but had shipped a large amount of water. At 9.28 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann...
Lanie
Hoylake, Cheshire.—At 5.30 in the evening of the 4th of September, 1951, the life-boat bowman reported that a ship had been seen in a dangerous position about one mile north-west of the Rock Channel's outer buoys. A strong south-westerly...
Blenheim
Longhope, Orkneys.—At 8.26 in the morning of the 19th of October, 1951, the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned that a motor fishing vessel had anchor- ed half a mile off shore in Rackwick Bay and was blowing her siren. At 8.50 the life-boat...
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On the evening of the 27th November it was reported that a member of the Board of Trade life-saving rocket apparatus crew had fallen over a cliff and been seriously injured, and that it was necessary to get him to the mainland for...
Vera Mary
Bridlington, Yorkshire.—On the 17th November a heavy gale sprang up from the north, with a very heavy sea and rain. Several open cobles were at sea, and the motor life-boat Stanhope Smart was launched at 6.55 P.M. She went in the direction...
Dedication of Service Boards In Rye Church
On the right Sir John G. Gumming, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., and Mr. T. 0. Gray, J.P., vice-presidents of the Institution (See page 517). - View image in PDF
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