LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Ex-Naval Drifter Bountiful
IN DANGER OF CAPSIZING Ramsgate, Kent.-—At 7.10 in the evening of the 5th of July, 1947, it was reported that a vessel had grounded on Quern Shoal. The tide was ebbing, the vessel was listing dangerously, and at 7.20 the motor life-boat...
The Trinity House Vessel Mermaid
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 6.42 on the evening of the 17th of November, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Trinity House vessel Mermaid, which had a sick man aboard, was making for Yarmouth roads...
The Motor Fishing Coble Eagle
The Motor Life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched at 3.20 P.M. on the 5th December, as a strong N.N.E. gale had sprung up, "bringing a rough sea, and it was known that the local motor fishing coble Eagle was at sea. The Life-boat found...
The Merchant Vessel Galina (1)
Fortitude off Falmouth Without power, Merchant Vessel Calina found herself at the mercy of a violent storm and drifting dangerously close to shore. With the nearest Coastguard Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) several hours away, RNLI crew were...
The Norwegian Galliot Ship Provence
On the 28th September last the Norwegian Galliot Ship Provence ran on shore on the south side of Berwick-har- bour; the wind blowing strong from the E.N.E., and a heavy sea running at the time.
The Berwick life-boat,...
The Mayors of London and the Life-Boat Service
BY the kindness of the Lord Mayor of London (Colonel Sir Alfred Louis Bower) a meeting was held at the Mansion House, on 13th January, at which the Mayors, Mayoresses and Town Clerks of the London Boroughs were invited to meet the Committee...
Category: Articles
The Coperative Bank
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Category: Advertisement
Naming of the Rnlb Newsbuoy
Saturday September 29, 1984 ON A BRIGHT, early autumn day, one of the RNLI's newest lifeboats lay afloat, bedecked and sparkling, awaiting her naming ceremony. An ordinary enough scene for those familiar with such occasions but this...
Category: Inaugurations
The Sailing Boat Idle Hour
JUNE 28TH. - NEW QUAY, CARDIGANSHIRE.
At 4 P.M. the crew and helpers had assembled for an exercise launch when the small sailing boat Idle Hour, of New Quay, with a crew of two, was seen drifting to the east of the harbour...
The Full-Rigged ShipForrest Hall
LYNMOUTH, NORTH DEVON.—Telegrams were received at about 7 P.M. on the 12th January asking for assistance to a vessel showing signals of distress off Grore Point.
Almost immediately after the messages had been received the...