LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Marguerite
TWO LIFE-BOATS AND A STEAMER TO THE RESCUE North Sunderland, and Boulmer, North- umberland.—At 4.36 in the afternoon of the 17th of January, 1948, the Seahouses coastguard telephoned to North Sunderland that the local fishing yawl...
The S.S. Selskar and S.S. Nordic
Walmer, Kent—On the night of the 31st of March, 1949, the S.S. Selskar, of Newcastle, and the S.S. Nordic, of Stockholm, were in collision near the South Falls Buoy, and the Ramsgate life-boat was launched, but her services were not needed...
The S.S. Rosso, of Stockholm
Montrose, and Broughty Ferry, Angus, Eyemouth, Berwickshire, and Gourdon,Kincardineshire.—At 4.52 in the after- noon of the 7th of March, 1952, the S.S. Rosso, of Stockholm, bound for Sweden from Methie, wirelessed that she was leaking...
The S.S. Stassa, of Panama
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides, and Life-boat 70-002 - At 5.20 a.m. on 15th July, 1966, a vessel was reported ashore at Renish point off Rodel. The life-boat The James and Margaret Boyd left her moorings at 5.50 in a moderate variable wind and a...
The Fundraisers
A WORKOUT on an assault course was one of the services offered in an Auction of Promises organised by Bangor branch. Others included advice on gardening, French language lessons and even flying lessons.
The event realised...
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Services of the Life-Boats In January, February and March. 52 Lives Rescued
JANUARY DURING January life-boats were launched on service 59 times and rescued 34 lives.
DOCTOR TAKEN TO LIGHTVESSEL Broughty Ferry, Angus. At 5.15 on the afternoon of the 1st January, 1962, the harbour master informed the...
Category: Services
The Life-Boats of the United Kingdom
LVIII. SUNDERLAND.—The Good Templar, 30 feet by 8 feet, 8 oars.
LIX. Ditto.—The Mary, 30i feet by 8J feet, 10 oars.
LX. Ditto.—The Florence Nightingale, 33 feet by 8 feet, 10...
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Book Corner
• E. C. B. Lee, O.B.E., c.Eng., F.R.I.N.A., and Kenneth Lee, M.B.B.S., L.R.C.P., M.R.G.S., D.I.H., are to be congratulated on their book Safety and Survival at Sea, (Cassell & Co., price £2.50). A vast amount of time has been taken...
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Bookshelf
No Day Too Long An Hydrographer's Tale by Rear Admiral G. S. Ritchie published by the Pent/and Press at £15.50 ISBN 1 872795 63 3 The chart is such a commonplace item aboard a boat that it is often taken for granted. But spare a...
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Close to home
Last Summer, RNLI lifeguards and lifeboat crews saved the lives of 82 children and teenagers – but they can’t prevent every drowning, as mum-of-two Bethany Hope reports
Tragedy hit the...
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