LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mount Ida and a Lowestoft Drifter
Cromer, Norfolk.—9th October, 1939.
After rescuing the crew of twenty-nine of the Greek steamer Mount Ida, the No. 1 motor life-boat H. F. Bailey went to the help of a Lowestoft drifter, but found that her crew had been...
When the London Steamer Barnhill Was Attacked from the Air Off Beachy Head and Set on Fire on March 20 1940 the Eastbourne Lifeboat Went to Her Help and Put Two
When the London steamer Barnhill was attacked from the air off Beachy Head and set on fire on March 20, 1940, the Eastbourne lifeboat went to her help and put two of her crew aboard to rescue the si'earner''s master who had been... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Left) Anthea Turner and Anthony Oliver, the RNLI's Deputy Head of Fundraising and Marketing, Are Pictured Ready for the Draw Outside the 'Blue Peter' Auction In
(Left) Anthea Turner and Anthony Oliver, the RNLI's deputy head of fundraising and marketing, are pictured ready for the draw outside the 'Blue Peter' auction in Ringwood with three young fans.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Naom Seaghan
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At nine in the morning of the 10th of April, 1948, information was received from the Civic Guards that a fishing boat, which had left Cahirciveen the previous afternoon, had not returned. Enquiries were made, but without...
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Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At four o'clock on the afternoon of 14th April, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that a man in the Tuskar Rock lighthouse had injured his eye and was in need of medical treatment.
El Cid
SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Clovelly, Devon. At 2.15 a.m. on nth October, 1965, the coastguard reported that a ship in distress had fired rockets north-west of Hartland Point. The lifeboat William Cantrell Ashley was launched in a moderate easterly...
Joyce Wells With a Sample of the Named Easter Eggs Which She Makes and Decorates at Home to Raise Money for Brighton Branch In Three Years She Has Made 1748 Eggs and Contributed £724
Joyce Wells with a sample of the named Easter eggs which she makes and decorates at home to raise money for Brighton branch.
In three years she has made 1,748 eggs and contributed £724 to branch funds. If any branch or... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The End of Hms Foudroyant
The end of HMS Foudroyant, one of Nelson's flagships which in her last years was used as a training ship for boys. White anchored off Blackpool on June 16, 1897, a gale blew up and she dragged aground. The lifeboat Samuel Fletcher of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Empire Tigaven and The S.S. Cormoat
DECEMBER 13TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, AND FILEY, YORKSHIRE. During a northwesterly gale, with a very rough sea, the S.S.
Empire Tigaven and the S.S. Cormoat came into collision about four miles off Flamborough.
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The Life-Boat Service and the Shipping Companies
IN the course of his speech from the chair at the Annual General Meeting,* Lord Burnham made an urgent appeal to the great shipping firms to give their generous support to the Life-boat Service, and pointed out that, at present, many of them...
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