LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

At 8.10 A.M.

on the 16th June the Coastguard re- ported that a steamer was ashore on the south beach. The crew of the No. 2 Life-boat Leicester were assembled and the boat launched. As quickly as possible she proceeded to...

THE inaugural ceremony of the new motor life-boat was held at Aberystwyth on 20th April, in the presence of a large audience. The Earl of Lisburne, Lord- Lieutenant of Cardiganshire, the Bishop of St. David's and the Mayor and Mayoress...

Boxmoor and Hemel Hcmpstead branch introduced an auction of small antiques into its annual wine and cheese party this year.

Eighty lots, ranging from antique candlesticks to sets of knives and forks, were put under the... - View image in PDF

HARWICH.—At 6 P.M. on the 25th April, it was reported that a schooner was ashore on the Cork Sand. The Life-boat Springwell was immediately launched, and arrived at the Sand at about 8 P.M. The stranded vessel proved to be the Henrietta, of...

SEPTEMBER. 20TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.

At 5.5 in the afternoon Lloyd’s agent asked, through the coastguard, if the life-boat could take out food to the S.S.

Brightside, of Dundee. A south-south-west breeze...

Odd man out: the new 20ft Boston Whaler Outrage, recently stationed at Poole and replacing a 17ft Dell Quay Dory. She is the only boat of this type in the RNLI fleet; she has a crew of three, a maximum speed of 30 knots and an endurance at... - View image in PDF

SEPTEMBER 10TH. - ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but her crew had got ashore in their rubber dinghy. - Rewards, £7 5s. 6d..

ON the evening of the 30th of August, 1948, two young Americans were swimming and wading round Baggy Point in North Devon. One of them was the son of Mr. Negley Farson, the author, the other was a photographer on the staff of the American...