LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Aridity
Walmer, Kent.—At 10.35 on the morning of the 3rd of May, 1953, ship- ping agents in Dover asked if the life- boat -would take a doctor to the motor vessel Aridity, of London, anchored off Deal, as a man in her had been flung across her...
Bedridden Girl's Life-Boat Bazaars
A FRAMED picture of a Life-boat going out to a vessel in distress has been presented to Miss Ruby Snow, of Bideford, in gratitude for her work for the Life-boat Service. Although Miss Snow, who is seventeen years old, has been bedridden for...
Category: Articles
Kathleen Claire
During a moderate N.W. gale with a ground swell on 27th November, a telephone message was received from the owner of the fishing boat Kathleen Clare that his boat was in distress in the North Bay. The Motor Life-boat K.E.C.F. was launched at...
A Small Steamer
Shortly after noon on the 13th January infor- mation was received from Cresswell, through the Blyth Coastguard, that a small steamer was lying about one mile east of Cresswell broadside on to the sea and drifting. She was not showing signals...
A Barge
7th December. A barge stranded at Bacton. Three of the crew were rescued by lines from the shore, and one was drowned.—Rewards, £24 8s. Qd..
Fishing Boats (1)
On the morning of the 26th March these two Life-boats were~ again engaged on similar service, fourteen fishing-boats being in danger off Gourdon, and four off Johnshaven..
Central Appeals Committee
WHO WE ARE—We are a group of voluntary workers, each associated with a branch or guild, who believe that the financial needs of the R.N.L.I. are urgent and that the new money necessary to meet the previous deficits and rising costs can be...
Category: Committee
Perichole
At 9.35 p.m. on 3rd September, 1967, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small sloop anchored near Penman point was being buffeted by gale force winds and that anxiety was felt for her safety in the fading light. The life-boat...
Jamaica
Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 12.38 p.m.
on 20th December, 1968, the coastguard reported that a sick man aboard the trawler Jamaica required medical attention. The life-boat Frederick Edward Crick, with a doctor on board, slipped...
Winaway of Lowestoft
Caister, Norfolk - At 11.27 a.m. on llth August, 1969, it was learnt that the motor vessel Norwich Belle had sighted a fishing vessel in difficulties near the South Caister shoal buoy.
The life-boat Royal Thames was...