LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Wellington Bombing Aeroplane (1)
JULY 26TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At about 2.42 in the morning the coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea about a mile north of Cromer, and the No. 1 motor life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 3 A.M.. A moderate...
Sybilla, of Castlebay
AUGUST 2ND. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. About five in the evening information was received from the coastguard that a motor boat appeared to be in difficulties off Greanhead. A south-east wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor...
Aremana
Dutch galliot, Aremana, having got embayed in Whitesand Bay, near the port of Ply- mouth, let go her anchor, which not holding, she was fast driving towards the shore, when her dangerous situation having been made known to the Government...
Jeune Francois, of Nantes
Early on the morning of the 4th August, during a heavy gale from the W.S.W., the Wakefield life- boat at this place went off in reply to signals of distress from a vessel which was reported to have struck on the Salt house Bank. On the bank...
The S.S. Boadicea (1)
In consequence of a telegram from Margate that the Tongue lightship was tiring for assistance, the Bradford Lifeboat and steam-tug Vulcan left the harbour at midnight on the 6th December, during a fresh gale from the E.N.E., with snow and a...
The S.S. Nebarn
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK ; CAISTEB, WIXTERTON-, PALLING, AND CBOMEE, NORFOLK.—In the early hours of 29th January, the s.s. Newbarn of Newcastle, which is a big steamer of more than 3,000 tons, ran aground on the southern end of the Hasboro'...
Radio Fees Success
The RNLI will spend significantly less money on radio licensing fees, following Ofcom’s announcement on new pricing for the maritime sector.
Our lifeboat stations and lifeguards rely on maritime VHF radio channels to...
Category: Articles
Firms and Their Products
% From the Blue Circle Group, Portland House, Stag Place, London, S.W.I, comes news of an interesting cement application in ship building.
Recently cement mortar covering was applied to the largest yacht in the United...
Category: Articles
Lord Collingwood, of Newcastle
On the 29th October, the barque Lord Collingwood, of Newcastle, went ashore off Souter Point.
The Thomas Wilson life-boat put off and remained all night by the vessel, which was towed safely into harbour the next morn- ing....
Obituary
Mr. ]. F. Jellico, Hon. Secretary, Port of Liverpool Branch; Mrs. Ferris Tozer, Hon.
Secretary of the Exeter Ladies' Life-boat Guild; Lieutenant F. W. Hayes, R.N.R., late District Inspector of Life-boats; Mr. William...
Category: Obituaries