John McNamara, who spent three days without food while stranded on a rock in February, 1914 (see page 674). - View image in PDF
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JANUARY 16TH. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX.
At 8.15 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that a motor boat was in distress about four miles south of the life-boat station.
The motor life-boat Jane Holland...
Southend-on-Sea a message had been received from the Ramsgate coastguard that the S.S.
Spaarndam urgently needed help, and at NOV. 27TH. - MARGATE, KENT, AND 9.40 A.M. the motor life-boat Greater London SOUTHEND - ON - SEA....
Aldeburgh, Suffolk. At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 28th June, 1961, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small cabin cruiser appeared to be in difficulty a mile east of Thorpe- ness. A moderate south-westerly wind was blowing...
SEPTEMBER 23RD. - APPLEDORE, DEVON. The French life-boat Jean Charcot, now in the service of the Institution, was on passage from Padstow to Milford Haven, but as a strong westerly wind was blowing, with a rough sea, the life-boat was unable...
100 Years Ago The following item was first published in THE LIFEBOAT of August, 1886.
A NIGHT ON THE GOODWIN SANDS.
ON the 20th of April last a grievous disaster occurred on the Goodwin Sands, which...
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WE have received a copy of " The Life- Boat and Its Story," by Noel T. Methley (Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., price 7s. &d.) too late for review in this issue of the Life-boat Journal. We can, therefore, at the present moment,...
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