LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Memorandum on Salvage*
THE following memorandum has been prepared for guidance after consultation with underwriters. The memorandum deals only with the more salient aspects of salvage, and must not be regarded as an exhaustive submission on the law of salvage.<...
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The New Eddystone Lighthouse
ON the 21st June last the Corporation of the Trinity House had arranged that the Foundation Stone of the new Eddystone Lighthouse should be laid—H.E.H. the PRINCE OF WALES having promised to perform the ceremony. Admiral H.R.H. the DUKE OF...
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Index to the Branches
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Hattie
On the morning of the 8th July, a boat was observed about four miles from the shore at Bude, with a signal flying. She tacked about several times, as if intending to make Bude. The crew assembled, and the Elizabeth Moore Garden Life-boat...
Ann Warren
An excellent ser- vice was performed by the No. 2 Life- boat Civil Service No. 1 on the 18-19th January, resulting in four lives being saved. About 7.30 P.M., whilst a whole gale from W.N.W. was raging, signals of distress were seen from a...
Spurt
Moelfre, Anglesey.—6th December. At 6.20 P.M. a message was received from Point Lynas that the 3,000-ton Norwegian steamer Spurt was in distress in the Moelfre roads. A whole N. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea, and the weather was...
Alula
Skegness, Lincolnshire - At 11.39 p.m. on 21st February, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen about one mile east of Skegness pier. The life-boat Charles Fred Grantham was launched at 12.10...
Scimitar
SIX STUDENTS TAKEN OFF DINGHY Moelfre, Anglesey. At 5.5. on the afternoon of the 28th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small dinghy was in distress six miles north-north-east of Moelfre Island. There was a...
H.M. Tug Fairplay II
MARCH 2ND. - REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.
At 11 A.M. it was reported that H.M. Tug Fairplay II had stranded on the West Salt Scar Rock, near Redcar. At 11.45 A.M. the motor life-boat Louisa Polden was launched.
The...
Marie
On the 17th November, during a very heavy gale of wind and in a high sea, a Prussian brig was seen hoisting signals of distress off this place. The Baroness Windsor life-boat was promptly launched, and proceeded to her assistance. Three...