LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Richard Emily, of Highbridge
It was blowing hard at N.W. on the 15th Sept. when the Life-boat Cheltenham was launched from this station to the assistance of the schooner Hwhard and Emily, of High- bridge, which was in distress seven miles from Burnham. The Life-boat...
Under the Shelter
The remote control, or extension, beside the mechanic's head as he sits at his controls. The cable for his transmitting microphone can be seen. The microphone itself is tucked into a box beside him. On the extension itself arc the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Eric Hudson
Eric Hudson, district engineer (eastern). Mr Hudson joined (he Institution as motor mechanic at Sunderland in 1946, became a travelling mechanic in Scotland in 1950 and had been district engineer in the south east or east since...
Category: Obituaries
Alice T.
During a whole westerly gale on Sunday the 22nd February informa- tion was received that a vessel in Wexford Bay was making signals of distress. The crew of the Life-boat were summoned, and the boat was launched as quickly as possible. On...
A Bishop's Interest
AN exercise of the life-boat at Barra Island was held in November, 1951, during a visit to the island of the Bishop of Argyll and Isles. This was his first trip in a life-boat.
The bishop had been very anxious to make it,...
Category: Articles
Etoile Polaire
At about 9.40 A.M. on llth February, during a S. by W. gale with a heavy sea, a barque was observed about three miles S.S.E. of Newlyn pierhead, running dead before the wind and right in on the land. As it was obvious that unless the master...
Coxswain Edward J. Smith, of Kessingland
COXSWAIN EDWARD J. SMITH, of Kes- singland, who retired in February, 1937, at the age of fifty-eight, on the closing of the station, died four months later. He had served as coxswain for seven and a half years and as an officer of the...
Category: Obituaries
The Assembled Lifeboats Steam In Line Astern Up the Oslofjord Framed By the Rigging of Christian Radich Carrying Conference Delegates
The assembled lifeboats steam in line astern up the Oslofjord, framed by the rigging of Christian Radich carrying conference delegates.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wimborne and District Riding Club
Over 100 horses and riders took part in a sponsored ride organised by the Wimborne and District Riding Club. The ride was over a 15-mile course starting from the ancient monument of Badbury Rings. Each rider to complete the course was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Orange Blossom
At about 4 A.M. on the 19th March, the Mincing Lane Life-boat was launched to the aid of the smack Orange Blossom, of Jersey, which was making for the harbour during a strong gale accompanied by snow storms and a very heavy sea.
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