LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
North Esk of Sunderland
On the 2nd November, at daylight, the brig North Esk, of SUnderland, was seen ashore on the north tail of Bideford Bar, the wind blowing a hurricane from W.N.W. at the time. A crew was quickly despatched from Apple- dore to man the life-boat...
The Humber Boat-House
AT Spurn Point, on the Humber, on llth July, a tablet on the Life-boat House was unveiled to the memory of the late Mr. S. Crabtree Helm, of Bradford and Ilkley, who left £2,000 to the Institution, as well as a share in the ultimate...
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The Hawkinge
The Life-boat Richard Cresswell was called out between 6 and 7 P.M. on the 22nd July to the assistance of a small boat named the Hawk, at the mouth of the River Liffey.
The Life-boat was launched and the rescue carried out...
Emma and the Boy Billie
Southwold, Suffolk.—On the morning of the 20th August the coastguard reported that two motor fishing boats inDunwich Bight which were trying to make Southwold harbour were in danger. A moderate to strong S.S.W breeze was blowing and the sea...
The Life-Boat
The following figures show the general form,, the nature of the fittings and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat...
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Feature New Kids on the Block
The unprecedented events of 29 June 2000 sum up the brief history of Crosshaven lifeboat station. At around 6.30pm that day Owen Medland, deputy divisional inspector of lifeboats for Ireland, made the final phone call which turned Atlantic...
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The S.S. Taycraig
Penlee, Cornwall.—On the 27th January the s.s. Taycraig was wrecked in Mount's Bay, and her crew of nine were rescued by the Penlee motor lifelifeboat W and S.—Rewards, bronze medal, and an increase in the usual money awards on the...
The L.C.T. 2263
DECEMBER 3RD. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. At seven in the morning a vessel - the L.C.T. 2263 - was seen to be in difficulties close to the South beach behind the pier. She was driving ashore in broken water and was making signals by red lights...
LIFESAVING IN FRANCE
The Societe Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer 1973 NEWS HAS COME from France of the launching by the Societe Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer of a new 15.5 m 'all seasons' lifeboat, Pierre Loti; a boat which cost over £100,000 to build...
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A Life-Boat Race In 1867
From a print in the possession of Mr. J. E. Hooper. Hon. Secretary of the Natural History Museum and Antiquarian Society of Penzance. The race was in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, between the Life-boats stationed at St. Ives,...
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