LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Rubber Dinghy (2)
JULY 30TH. - MARGATE, KENT. A man had gone adrift in a rubber dinghy, but he was picked up by a fishing boat. - Rewards, £6 9s. 6d. (See Margate, “Services by shore-boats,” page 76).
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OCTOBER 19TH. - WALMER, KENT. Signals for help had been reported, but no vessel in need of help could be found. - Rewards, £16 13s..
A Dutch Motor vessel
APRIL 9TH . - RAMSGATE, KENT. A Dutch motor vessel had been reported near the Goodwins, but she could not be. found.- Rewards, £5 8s.
Lifeboats and Lifeguards In Action
Putting training into practice The crew atWeston-super-Mare were training in the Atlantic 75 lifeboat Coventry and Warwickshire on 8 June when they diverted to a real shout. A crew of five on a yacht requested assistance because of engine...
Category: Services
A Difficult Tow In a South-East Gale
ON the 20th of January, 1954, the fishing yawl Poseidon, of Rothesay, left North Shields to fish off Eyemouth.
Early on the morning of the 22nd of January the crew of four found they could not start the engines. They were...
Category: Services
Helen
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 6.45 P.M.
on the 4th July, 1938, the coastguard reported that a yacht was in difficulties near Bembridge Ledge. She cleared it, but watch was kept on her, and it was seen that she could not be...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
FOUNDED IN 1824.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
PATRONESS.
HER MOST...
Category: Advertisement
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 4th January, 1883.
Sir EDWARD PERROTT, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the pre- vious Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-...
Category: Committee
Atlantic Storms
" So long as men shall continue to navigate the ocean, and the tempests shall hold their course over its surface, disasters by sea, shipwreck and peril to human life must inevitably take place." —SIR WILLIAM HILLARY,...
Category: Articles
Coxswain Swan's Broadcast Appeal. A Response of Over £750
A Response of over £750.
ON Sunday, 2nd March, through the kindness of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Institution was allowed to make a three-minute appeal as " the week's good cause." This...
Category: Articles