LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Notes of the Quarter
THE disaster at Seaham Harbour, in which 5 members of the life-boat crew and 4 people who had been taken off a fishing boat by the life-boat all lost their lives, shocked and distressed the nation.
The life-boat capsized at...
Category: Articles
The Hopper No. 42
— Just before midnight on the 12th-13th September the hopper No. 42, of London, which was making for Ply- mouth to coal, struck on the south side of the Plymouth Breakwater. The Life-boat Eliza Avins was launched to her assistance, and, on...
The Mine-Layer Medea
Padstow, Cornwall. — 23rd January, 1939. In the early morning the No. 1 motor life-boat Princess Mary went out to the help of the mine-layer Medea.
The life-boat was buried by a sea which washed away nearly all the gear on...
The Coningbeg Lightvessel
Kilmore, Co. Wexford.—About 2.45 on the afternoon of the 18th of November, 1955, a message was received from the Coast Life-Saving Service that thej brother of two men in the Coningbeg lightvessel had died. A request was made for the...
The Bull Lightvessel
Humber, Yorkshire. At 4.30 on the morning of the 8th of April, 1958, the Spurn Point coastguard told the cox- swain superintendent that a member of the crew of the Bull lightvessel had died during the night and asked if the life- boat would...
From the Blind
THE Institution has received a gift of £4 from the chapel collections at the St. Dunstan's Training Centre at Ovingdean, Sussex. This is the train- ing centre for both men and women who have been blinded on war service..
Category: Donations
The Silvia Onorato (1)
The Silvia Onorato at High Tide; Broken In Two. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Sailing Barge Asphodel
Walton and Frinton, Essex - At 8.3 p.m. on igth May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the radio ship Olga Patricia had reported that a fishing smack was firing red flares about one mile north of her. The life-boat...
Quick on the Draws
Mr Charles Hunter-Pease, sales and marketing director of Volvo Concessionaires helps the Mayor of Torbay, Councillor Mrs Eileen Salloway draw the winning ticket for the South West Region at the Regional Conference on 10 October... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs