LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Communication By Electric Telegraph and Signals on the Coast
BY the wreck of the Deutschland, the question of better means of communica- tion between outlying stations on the coasts of the United Kingdom and internal bases of supply, has received one more little jog forward into its inevitable ulti-...
Category: Articles
Rescued When Clinging to the Mast
AT 6.20 on the morning of the 7th August, 1962, Mr. A. J. Tart, the honor- ary secretary of the Dungeness station, was told by Lade coastguard that the German vessel Erfurt had reported seeing a small boat showing a red light about ten and a...
Category: Services
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Category: Advertisement
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 2nd October, 1879: THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of the Institution, in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and...
Category: Committee
An Open Motor Boat
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 7.15 on the morningofthe 18th of February, 1953, the coastguard reported that the S.S. Arnhem, coming from Holland, had sighted an open motor boat near Beach End buoy. The motor boat appeared to have broken down...
1975: Silver Medallists Coxswain Ben Tart of Dungeness (I) and Coxswain Albert Bird of Aberdeen Meet After Nearly 20 Years
. . . 7975: silver medallists Coxswain Ben Tart of Dungeness (I.) and Coxswain Albert Bird of Aberdeen meet after nearly 20 years . . .. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Silver Line, Little Lady, Victory Rose, Floral Queen, Enterprise II,Gem
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the llth of September, 1952, the weather was becoming steadily worse, with a strong freshening northerly wind and strong ebb-tide making the harbour entrance dangerous for small boats. It was decided to...
An American Fortress Aeroplane (4)
DECEMBER 27TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
An American Fortress aeroplane had been abandoned by her crew but they came down on the land. The aeroplane flew on until shot down into the sea by a Spitfire aeroplane. - Rewards,...
An Exhibition of Old Bibles
An exhibition of early English bibles, belonging to Mr. E. Newgass, honorary secretary of the Steyning branch, was held in Worthing for the Institution by Mr. J. R. Aldridge, for many years the honotaty secretary at...
Category: Articles
An American Fortress Aeroplane (4)
JUNE 12TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 9.15 in the morning the coastguard reported that an American Fortress aeroplane had crashed in the sea to the south-east. The life-boatmen had already seen a parachute coming down. A light westerly wind was...