LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

LONDON SHIP IN DISTRESS OFF NORFOLK Wells, Norfolk.—At 7.45 in the even- ing of February 8th, 1947, the coast- guard reported that a ship had been seen, anchored, about two and a half miles north-east of the harbour, and might need the...

Margate, Kent. At 5.15 on the afternoon of the 3rd of January, 1959, the watchman of the local pilot cutter informed the honorary secretary that a radio message had been received from the s.s. Seaford of London, asking for a doctor, as the...

Stromness, Orkneys. At 11.20 on the night of the 17th of August, 1959, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that a vessel appeared to be in difficul- ties in Hoy Sound. The honorary secretary, the coxswain and the motor mechanic drove...

Humber, Yorkshire—At about 2.30 A.M. on the 29th August, 1938, a message was received from the Donna Nook coastguard that a vessel five miles S.S.E. was firing rockets. A fresh northerly breeze was blowing, with a rough sea, and the weather...

Early in the morning of the 17th September during a strong gale from N.N.W. with heavy rain squalls, a messenger arrived at Palling and reported that a vessel was ashore about three miles to the north- ward of the station. The crew and...

THIS account of a service by the Tynemouth life-boat in September, 1949, should have appeared among the services for that month in The Life-boat for December of last year.

On the evening of the 23rd of Sep- tember, 1949,...

A DONATION of £3 13s. has been received from the Campsbourne Road Girls' School, Hornsey, London, and many may like to know how the girls succeeded in collecting such a sum. First, two concerts were given by the Play Centre, and the...

electronic aids to navigation DEPTH—by HECTA echo-sounder, as supplied to the R.N.LI. This instrument indicates depth by pointer and scale, and illumination for night use is by virtually everlasting 'Batalite'. It has two range...