LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Pride of Erin (1)
Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 3.27 on the afternoon of the 31st of January, 1957, the Southend coastguard tele- phoned to say the police had been informed that flashing lights had been seen from a vessel in Machrihanish Bay. The life-boat...
People and Places
On Station The following lifeboats have taken up station and relief fleet duties: ALL-WEATHER Ramsey - Mersey 12-14 (ON 1171) Ann and James Ritchie on 12 July 1991.
North Sunderland - Mersey 12-16 (ON 1173) Grace Darling on...
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In London for the Annual Meeting
In London For The Annual Meeting Coxswain Douglas Grant of Selsey Talks With Michael Boyes and Charles Mayo. - View image in PDF
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Captain H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, E.G., R.N.
FROM the moment that Her Majesty's fine frigate the Galatea* left our shores in the spring of last year, under the command of the youthful Duke of Edinburgh, to visit our colonies in the southern hemisphere, and to convey to them in...
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ACCOMMODATION BLACKPOOL. Don't stay at home cooking! Enjoy your Christmas this year with Wilf and Tina Briggs at...
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An Aeroplane (29)
MARCH 2ND. - RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.
An aeroplane had been reported missing, and it was thought that she might have come down at sea, but she had crashed on the beach. - Rewards, £12 9s..
An Aeroplane (29)
AUGUST 16TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. An aeroplane, believed to be German, had crashed during an air-raid on Portsmouth, but only oil was found. - Rewards, £13 12s..
An Aeroplane (22)
JULY 13TH. - ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but all its crew were lost and six bodies were picked up by fishing boats. - Rewards, £6 18s. (See St. Abbs, “Services by Shoreboats,” page 61.)...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
FOLKESTONE. — The ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a Life- boat station at Folkestone, in accordance with the wishes of the local residents, as an additional safeguard for life-saying pur- poses for that part of the coast, the...
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Teesmouth's Tyne Class Phil Mead
Teesmouth'sTyne class Phil Mead (seen here in the 1990s) has been withdrawn after 21 years' s. - View image in PDF
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