LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Seriality
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At seven o'clock on the evening of the 17th of August, 1957, the Gorleston coastguard telephoned that a message had been received from the M.V. Seriality, of London, that her first officer had...
None (1)
New Brighton, Cheshire.- At 10.15 on the night of the 27th of July, 1954, the Superintendent of Wallasey Ferries reported that a large pontoon beneath the New Brighton landing stage had severed its securing bolts and was adrift. It was a...
White Lady
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—A routine exercise had been arranged for two o'clock on the afternoon of the 6th of July, 1955, but just before the life-boat put to sea the coastguard reported that the yacht White Lady, of Southwold, which had a...
Three Stations Celebrate Centenaries
THE hundredth anniversary of the foundation of life-boat stations at Thurso and Whitehills in Scotland, and at Portrush in Northern Ireland, have recently been celebrated.
At Thurso Lord Saltoun, a member of the Committee...
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A Dinghy (11)
Plymouth, Devon. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 17th September, 1961, the coastguard told the cox- swain's wife that a small dinghy had capsized about a hundred yards off Gara Point and that a man was in the water. The...
Belle Isle and Isabella
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At 8.5 on the evening of the 19th November, 1961, the Walton Bay signal station informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Belle Isle had been in collision with a barge near Chappie rock in the River Severn....
Pandora
MAN RESCUED AFTER EXPLOSION IN FISHING VESSEL Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire. About 2.15 on the morning of the 7th June, 1963, Porthdinllaen coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an explosion had been heard to seaward off Trevor...
Marika II
YACHT IGNORES FLARES AND SIGNALS Whitby, Yorkshire. About 11.20 on the night of Saturday the 17th of August.
1963, the coastguard reported to the honorary secretary that a yacht was standing into danger near Saltwick...
Past Explained:
Past explained: the old lifeboathouse at Brook on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, where a pulling lifeboat was kept betweeen 1860 and 1937, has for a long time had no indication of what the building was originally used for. Tourists... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Shoreline
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS from many thousands of people, all, as it were, like threads being twisted together to form one rope of great strength, form the basis of Shoreline support for the lifeboat service. Year by year the sum of these...
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