LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The American Steamer Thomas W. Owen
SICK MAN LANDED Salcombe, South Devon;—At 10.20 on the night of the 14th of December, 1947, the Hope Cove coastguard, tele- phoned that the American steamer Thomas W. Owen, of Wilmington, was waiting ten miles due south of Prawle Point for a...
Seafarer II
Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 2.50 on the afternooon of the 30th of November, 1958, the coxswain received a message from the honorary secretary of the Bridlington life-boat station that the fishing boat Seafarer II of Bridlington had broken...
Air Cases
Air cases of the 4I-feet Watson motor life-boat stationed at Shoreham Harbour. This type has 145 of these cases.. - View image in PDF
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View of the Deck
The Samuel and Marie Par house, the 46-feet Watson cabin motor life-boat stationed at Salcombe, Devon in 1938.. - View image in PDF
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Pioneer
Penlee, Cornwall.—During the night of the 22nd April, 1938, the coastguard at Penzer Point telephoned that a fishing boat was in distress about two miles S.S.W. of the point. A north breeze was blowing, with a smooth...
Fishing Boats (1)
Filey, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 4th of January, 1949, a south- easterly wind was blowing. It in- creased, and the sea became very rough.
The local fishing fleet was at sea. The first boat to arrive back reported...
Two Pedalo Pleasure Floats
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 1.55 on the after-noon of the 7th of June, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that two Pedalo pleasure floats, each with two people in them, were drifting south- wards. At 2.7 the life-boat E.M.E.D., on temporary duty at...
Rongorge
Beaumaris, Anglesey.—At 8.30 on the evening of the 20th of July, 1953, it was reported that the yacht Rongorge, which had anchored off Gallows Point with a crew of four, was dragging, and at 8.45 the life-boat Field Marshal and Mrs. Smuts...
None
Aith, Shetlands.—At 2.35 on the after- noon of the 2nd of October, 1953, the doctor at Walls rang up to say there was a case of serious illness on the island of Papa Stour, and the weather was too bad for a shore-boat to take him to the...
Janetta
Workington, Cumberland - At 11.34 p.m. on 5th February, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boaiJanetta, with a crew of two, had broken down six and a half miles north west of Workington. At 11.54 the...