LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
De Guilala
Ilfracombe, Devon - At 8.30 p.m.
on 8th June, 1967, it was seen that peopleon board a cabin cruiser drifting off Capstone Hill were signalling for assistance.
The life-boat Lloyd's II was launched at 9...
Anita Maree
Torbay, Devon. At 5.35 p.m. on Friday, 23rd July 1965, the Brixham coastguard told the honorary secretary that a visitor had telephoned that two people were drifting out to sea in a small boat a mile off Orestone Rock. At 5.55 the life-boat...
There Seemed to Be No End to the Ideas Devised for 'Operation Lifeboat' the Scouts' 'Year of the Lifeboat' Project to Raise £100000 to Pay for An Offshore Lifeboat (Top Left)
There seemed to be no end to the ideas devised for 'Operation Lifeboat', the Scouts' 'Year of the Lifeboat' project to raise H00,000 to pay for an offshore lifeboat. (Top left) Bristol South West District Cubs collected... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Silver Queen
LIFE-BOAT ESCORTS FISHING VESSEL IN TOW Torbay, Devon. At 5.4 on the afternoon of the 20th May, 1962, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from the police at Torbay that a boat near Thatcher rock needed help. The...
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LIFE-BOAT ESCORTS HELICOPTER Clovelly, Devon. At three o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday the 1st of September, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man had been injured on Lundy Island. A helicopter which was to fly...
David & Charles
VICTORIAN ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Now you can own a copy of the original one inch to the mile Victorian Ordnance Survey Map of your area.
Printed originally between 1805-1873 and measuring 30" x 40" when unfolded,...
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H.M. M.T.B.679
SEPTEMBER 24TH. - TORBAY, DEVON.
At 11.53 in the morning a message was received from the resident naval officer at Brixham, through the coastguard, asking for the life-boat crew to assemble. A strong north-west wind was...
The S.S. Wicklow Head, of Belfast
FEBRUARY 4TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. At six in the evening the harbour master reported to the life-boat station a wireless message from the S.S. Wicklow Head, of Belfast, that she was making for Torbay to land a badly injured man. A local shipping...
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APRIL 15TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. During the evening a young man, a visitor to Brixham, fell from the cliffs between Landscove Camp and Berry Head and was severely injured. His cries for help were heard by another young man, walking along the...
The S.S. Eminence, of Rochester
NOVEMBER 27TH. - TORBAY, DEVON.
At 7.25 at night a message was received from the Berry Head coastguard that the S.S.
Eminence, of Rochester, had anchored in Torbay. She had a man on board with an injured...