LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Sailing Boat Chums
OCTOBER 27TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 12.45 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that a sailing boat was drifting towards the sands. She appeared to be in difficulties. A westerly breeze was blowing, and the sea was...
(Right) When Hm Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Visited Hastings Last June All the Lifeboat Crew and Launchers Were Introduced to Her Coxswain Joe Martin (Behi
(Right) When HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother visited Hastings last June all the lifeboat crew and launchers were introduced to her. Coxswain Joe Martin (behind Her Majesty) presents ILB crew members II. to r.) Peter Thorpe, Christopher... - View image in PDF
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Cathrina, of Riga
During the night of the 25th September, the schooner Oathrina, of Biga, stranded on the Aber- tay Banks, which lie to the eastward of the entrance to the River Tay. At 4 A.M. her signals of distress were observed from the shore. It was then...
After the Naming Ceremonv Hrh the Princess of Wales Inspected Barmouth's New 37Ft 6In Rother Lifeboat
After the naming ceremonv HRH The Princess of Wales inspected Barmouth's new 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat which bears her name. With Her Royal Highness is Vice- Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a deputy chairman of the Institution, and behind... - View image in PDF
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Hrh the Duke of Kent Arrives at Aldeburgh Lifeboat Station
HRH The Duke of Kent arrives at Aldeburgh lifeboat station, accompanied by the branch chairman, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Mills and . . .. - View image in PDF
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The S.S. Haakon
At about 6 A.M. on the 20th April, signals were heard denoting a vessel was on the Haisboro' Sands. The No. 2 Life-boat, Hearts of Oak, was launched, and with the assistance of a friendly tow by a passing steamer, reached the vessel...
The S.S. Onslow
— The s.s.
Onslow, of London, carrying crew of twenty-six hands, stranded at Kettle- ness Point during a dense fog on 12th August. She was loaded with coal at the time. Information of the accident reached Bunswick at 8 A.M....
The S.S. Trent
The s.s. Goole, of Goole, whilst bound on the 24th June from that port to London with a cargo of coal, stranded on the middle Hasboro sands during a dense fog, and two barges which she was towing broke adrift.
' The...
The Present Life-Boat House and Slipway Were Built on the Beach a Mile from Wells Because of the North Winds. Also Shown Is the New Inshore Rescue Boat House. the Photograph (Below) Is of Th
The present life-boat house and slipway were built on the beach a mile from Wells because of the north winds.
Also shown is the new inshore rescue boat house. The photograph (below) is of the memorial on the quay at Wells... - View image in PDF
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The Bull Light-Vessel
Humber, Yorkshire.—At 10.45 P.M. on the same day, the 21st October, 1937, the motor life-boat City of Bradford II was again launched, as the life-boat watchman reported that two maroons had been fired in the direction of the Bull...