LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Open Motor Boat
Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 4.55 on the afternoon of the 7th of December, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an angler, while fishing from the beach at Rossall Point, had seen a light being flashed from an open motor...
'snowball' Parties
The following idea for 'snowball' dinner parties has come from the Younger Committee of the Central London Women's Committee: each member who is prepared to take part in this project gives 75p and invites a number of friends, who...
Category: Donations
Porthcawl - Wales and West Mercia Division
Porthcawl - Wales and West Mercia Division In its literal translation from Welsh, 'port - cawl' means 'port of boiling broth' as the seaside resort faces brutal prevailing Westerly winds and currents - and the highest rise... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Saga
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Category: Advertisement
The Cooperative Bank
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Dulcebella
In the fourth case the interval between the two services was rather longer. On 17th April, 1922, the cutter Dulcebella, of Westcliff, with six people on board, ran aground on the Maplin Sands in a strong N.N.E. gale with a heavy...
Lincoln
The steamer Lincoln, of Grimsby, belong- ing to the Great Central Railway Com- pany, stranded on the Hasboro' Sands on the 21st January. She was bound at the time from Antwerp to Grimsby with a general cargo and was carrying eighteen...
The Sailing Boat Kenya
On the 15th August three young men from a camp went out sailing in the boat Kenya, of Colwell Bay. A strong south- west wind was blowing, with a rough sea, and the boat was capsized. This information was sent by telephone from Cliff End...
Noel
On the night of the 15th October the fishing boat NoSl, of Lancaster, bound with a crew of five for Fleetwood, got into diffi- culties in heavy weather. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing,, with a rough and confused sea. The NoBl got out of...
A Royal Air Force Rescue Launch
Anstruther, Fifeshlre. — About two o'clock on the afternoon of the 15th of December, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that a Royal Air Force rescue launch had picked up a badly injured airman from an R.A.F. heli- copter, which during...