LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
News from the Branches. 1st August to 30th September
Greater London.
BEDDINGTON, WALLINGTON AND CARSHALTON.—Entertainment at Bed- dington, with addresses by the Mayor, Miss Roberts, honorary secretary, and the district organizing...
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The Admiralty Drifter Eminent
A DEPLOBABIE accident, which resulted j in the loss of two lives, occurred at; Fraserburgh, oa the 28th April. The j Admiralty drifter Eminent, which left: Buryhead the previous night, bound for j Fraserburgh to be " demobilised,"...
The Fishing Fleet
The Life - boat Queensbury was launched about 7.30 A.M. on the morning of the 9th June to render assistance to the fishing fleet, which had to return to harbour on account of the weather.
The cobles left for the fishing...
News from the Branches. 1st October to 31st December
1st October to 31st December.
Greater London.
CHELSEA.—First Annual Meeting on 4th November at the Royal Chelsea Hospital, by permission of the Governor and Lady Lyttelton. Speakers : Major- General the...
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The Sailing Boat Cameo
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 8.23 on the evening of the 12th November, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the sailing boat Cameo with a man and a boy on board was overdue from Langstone harbour. She had left the...
The Life-Boat Station
TUB following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convoy an idea of the general character of one of the 293 Life-boat Stations...
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The New Deputy-Secretary
The new deputy-secretary is Lieut.-Col. C. Stewart Watson, of the Royal Marines. He was educated at Cheltenham College and has specialised in naval gunnery. First as head ot the School of Naval Gunnery at Portsmouth, and then as...
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Notes of the Quarter
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 155 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to 31st October, 1954 - 78,940 Notes of the Quarter THE cold, wet summer of 1954 was a most...
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The Life-Boat Station
THE LIFE-BOAT STATION.
THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general...
Category: Articles
The Lightship Tender Roaming
Arklow, Co. W'icklow.—About three o'clock on the afternoon of the 1st of March, 1953, four boys walking on the beach near Arklow Rock heard shouts through dense fog from a vessel ashore.
The vessel was asking for a...