LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Danish Steamers Bothal and Viking
MARCH 20TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
The Danish steamers Bothal and Viking had been sunk by torpedo, with the loss of thirty lives. and the survivors were left adrift on rafts. Two of these rafts were seen by an RAF machine...
The Minesweepers Edwardian and Peter Carey
AUGUST 11TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 1.30 P.M. a destroyer lying off Margate and two minesweepers were being attacked by German aeroplanes. A fresh westerly breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat J. B. Proudfoot, on temporary...
The S.S. Lagosian and the S.S.. Ashly
SEPTEMBER 2ND. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 11.10 P.M. the coastguard reported two vessels on fire, one five miles S.E.
of Rattray Head and the other about ten miles E.S.E. from Peterhead. They belonged...
H.M. Destroyers G51 and H78 (1)
OCTOBER 17TH. - SEAHAM, DURHAM, AND CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND.
During the morning the coastguard reported that two vessels were ashore off Whitburn.
A moderate breeze was blowing, with a moderately rough...
The S.S. Dagenham and the S.S. Sherbrooke
NOVEMBER 16-20TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At about 2.45 P.M. the coxswain received a message from the Warden Point coastguard that a ship was sinking close to the Mouse Light-vessel. A strong easterly gale was blowing, with a rough sea...
A Rowing Boat and A Sailing Dinghy
APRIL 29TH. - HOWTH, CO. DUBLIN.
At 5.45 in the evening a message was received from the Bailey Lighthouse that a boat had capsized between Poolbeg Light and Dun Laoghaire harbour. A strong and squally north-north-west wind...
The Motor Fishing Coble Jean and Barbara
NOVEMBER 7TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
In the early afternoon a strong north-westerly wind was blowing, with a heavy sea. The motor fishing coble Jean and Barbara was at sea, and at two o’clock the motor life-boat The Cuttle was...
Ten Lives and Seven Boats Lost
Ten life-boatmen have lost their lives on service' during the five years.
Seven life-boats have been destroyed or lost, one at Dunkirk, one at its station, three in a building yard and two in the Channel Islands, where...
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The Help of Theatres and Cinemas
IN The, Lifeboat for last February an account was given of the help received from cinemas during the display of two films, " Down to the Sea in Ships " and " Women Who Give," which had Life-boat interest. These films were...
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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—The large Life- boat on this station, having become through frequent use, unfit for further service, has been replaced by a new boat, which, like the one it superseded, has been named the Covent Garden, in acknow- ledgement...
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