LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Wreck of the S.S. "Rohilla."
THE services rendered in connexion with the wreck of the hospital ship Rohilla have added another splendid page to the annals of heroism and humanity which make up the story of the Life-boat during the ninety years since the foundation of...
Category: Articles
Inaugural Ceremonies of Motor Life-Boats
Southwold and Dunwich ; Yarmouth, Isle of Wight; Great Yarmouth and Gorlcston ; Montrose.
DURING the past summer the Inaugural Ceremonies of five Motor Life-boats have taken place. The first of these, the inauguration of...
Category: Inaugurations
June (1)
CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE. While returning to Carradale at 10.30 in the morning of the 1st of May, 1943, after discharging herrings at Campbeltown, the crew of the fishing boat Amy Harris were passed in Campbeltown Loch by a flying boat...
Category: Services
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Dover, Kent.—On the 25th October, 1939, the motor life-boat Sir William Hillary was launched at 4.50 P.M. at the request of the chief of staff of H.M.
Naval Base at Dover. A strong E.N.E.
wind was blowing,...
Thrifty
Dover, Kent.-—At 3.15 in the morning of the 23rd of November, 1949, Lloyd's signal station reported a vessel stranded on the blockships at the western en- trance to the harbour. At 3.30 the life-boat Southern Africa left her moor- ings...
Mary Ann
Ramsgate, Kent. — At 9.5 on the night of the 23rd of May, 1950, the coastguard telephoned a message re- received from Sandwich that a fishing boat was drifting on a lee shore a mile north of Guildford Hotel. Five minutes later,...
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TWO PEOPLE CUT OFF BY TIDE Dover, Kent. At 5.42 on the evening of the 15th June, 1963, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that two people were cut off by the tide between Dover and St. Margaret's Bay. The life-boat Southern...
K.N.
YACHT AND THREE TOWED TO RAMSGATE Ramsgate, Kent. At 9.18 p.m. on Tuesday the 16th of July, 1963, the east pier watchman told the honorary secretary that the yacht K.N. was firing distress signals three quarters of a mile south of Ramsgate...
Galene
Dover, Kent. At 9.40 on the evening of the 20th of July, 1958, Lloyds signal station informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht was in distress off Shakespeare Cliff. At 9.50 the life- boat Southern Africa put out in a rough sea....
Widgeon II
Walmer, Kent. At 8.56 on the even- ing of the 21st of September, 1958, the Deal coastguard told the honorary secretary that two red flares had been seen four to five miles south-east of the look-out. At 9.5 the life-boat Charles Dibdin...