LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Although Not Part of the Little Ships Flotilla African Queen
Although not part of the Little Ships flotilla African Queen, the boat made famous by Humphrey Bogart in the film of the same name, attempted to make the passage to Dunkirk. She got into difficulties and had to be towed into Ramsgate by the... - View image in PDF
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The Three-Masted Motor Schooner Windermere, of Dublin
OCTOBER 3RD. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At 11.20 in the morning the Carne coast life-saving service telephoned that a schooner was ashore at Churchtown, Carnsore Point. The weather was calm, but there was a dense fog. The motor...
The S.S. Esbo (2)
Barrow, Lancashire ; Maryport, Cumberland; Ramsey, and Douglas, Isle of Man, October 19th.—On the 18th October the s.s. Esbo, of Helsingfors, left Preston in ballast for Finland. Bad weather was encountered, and the Esbo got into...
A Royal Engineers Landing Craft
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 10.6 on the morning of the 30th of September, 1952, the Foreland coastguard tele- phoned that a Royal Engineers landing craft, with a crew of seven, was in danger of being driven towards the boom between No...
The Sailing Racing Yacht Ragna R., of London
AUGUST 17TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 7.20 in the morning the coastguard reported a sailing yacht flying distress signals three miles south-south-east of Bill Tower. A strong north-easterly breeze was blowing and the sea was rough. The motor...
(Above) the Last of the Rnli's Pulling Lifeboats
(Above) The last of the RNLI's pulling lifeboats, Robert and Ellen Robson, goes afloat again at Whitby: During lifeboat day demonstrations the combined ages of her 12-man crew came to 742 years.. - View image in PDF
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Sylvia Knox (Left) of the Portrush Ladies' Guild
Sylvia Knox (left) of the Portrush ladies' guild accepts a cheque for over £9,000 from the Porlrush Raft Race Committee, being the proceeds of the 1987 race. Over the past five vears the committee has raised nearly 140,000 for the... - View image in PDF
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Index to the Branches
PAGE ABERDEEN . . . .779 ABERDOVEY . . . .755 ABEBSOCB . . . .723 ABEETSTWITH . . . 722 ACOCK'S GEBKN . .771 ALDEBUBGH .... 765 INDEX TO Th PAGE IE BRANCHES.
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A Motor Launch
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight—At 6.16 P.M. on the llth May, 1939, a message was received from the coastguard at Cliff End that a motor launch off Barton-on-Sea had broken down, and that its occupants were waving clothing to attract attention. As...
The Light Self-Righting Type of Motor Life-Boat
The City of Nottingham, stat'cned at Hythe, Kent, 35 feet 6 inches by 8 feet 10 inches, with a 35 h.p. engine.. - View image in PDF
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