LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

OCTOBER 23RD. - RAMSGATE, KENT.

At about 8.20 A.M. information was received through the coastguard from the naval authorities that H.M. trawler Hero was aground north of the South Goodwin Lightvessel.

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On the 3rd December, during a fresh wind from the N.E., the schooner Hero, of Maldon, anchored in distress on a lee shore. Soon afterward she slipped her cables and took the ground.

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Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 3.43 on the afternoon of the 18th of June 1954, a message was received from the coastguard that a tanker had reported a yacht apparently broken down off Nore Towers. At 4.5 the life-boat The Lord Southborough,...

Found in time THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 11, 1987 W3S bitterly cold, with temperatures falling to minus 10°C along the south coast.

In Poole Harbour a north-easterly wind created a chill factor of minus 15°C or more, so...

Keen knitter, Mrs Lillian Hammond, a resident of a nursing home in Hunstanton, has raised £80 for Hunstanton lifeboat through the making and selling of soft toys. Mrs Hammond, who is bed-ridden, sells the toys to friends, visitors and... - View image in PDF

Mrs Ivy Ball, vice president of the Wellington branch. She was founder member of the branch which formed in 1938 and secretary from 1951 to 1975. She was awarded the silver badge in 1958..

Most admirable service was also per- formed on the morning of the 16th Oct. by the Walmer Life-boat Centurion, as will be seen by the report furnished by the Coxswain of the Life-boat as follows.

He says, " It was...