LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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OCTOBER 2 9TH. - CLOUGHEY, CO.
DOWN. A red flare had been seen south ofthe South Rock Light-ship, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £25 18s..
Cover Picture
When the Duchess of Kent, whose husband, the Duke of Kent, President of the R.N.L.I., visited Exmouth, Devon, earlier this year, she was taken to sea by Coxswain Brian Rowsell aboard the 48-foot 6-inch Solent class steel life-boat City of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Dinwiddie,
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Dinwiddie, former chairman of the Kippford branch. Lt Col Dinwiddie was a keen yachtsman and served as branch chairman for 10 years. The Kippford station received a donation of £1,047 from a collection held at...
Category: Obituaries
A Motor Boat (5)
SEPT. 17TH. - TORBAY, DEVONSHIRE.
A motor boat, with ten passengers on board, had not returned and the life-boat put out to search for her, but she got in without help.- Rewards, £9 7s..
The American Steamer Andrew Furuseth
MAY 1 S T. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
The American steamer Andrew Furuseth, had been damaged in a collision, but did not need the help of a life-boat. - Paid permanent crew..
Mrs. Maggie Manson, of Stenness, Orkney, Surrounded By Some of Her Needlework In Aid of the Life-Boat Service
Mrs Maggie Manson of Stcnness Orkney Surrounded By Some of Her Needlework In Aid of the Life-Boat Service. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Speed Boat
Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 11.30 on the morning of the 30th of March, 1958, the coxswain was told that a speedboat had broken down. Half-an- hour later he saw the boat a mile and a half south-east of the life-boat slipway.
At...
Fishing Cobles (1)
Filey, Yorkshire. At 10.40 on the morning of the 18th of May, 1959, the honorary secretary received a message from the second coxswain that five local fishing cobles were out in bad weather.
The honorary secretary went to...
Mr. H. M. Smardon, M.B.E., of Torbay
MR. HENRY MADICK SMARDON, of Torbay, who died at Brixham on the 28th of October of last year, was a noted figure in the town, where he was affectionately known as H.M.S. Brixham. He was a retired school- master and a man of many...
Category: Obituaries
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Donaghadee, Co. Down.—6th July. A small yacht was reported to be adrift, but it was found to be a drifting bathing raft.—Rewards, £4 10s..