LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Small Boat (1)
— 9th November. Searched, without result, for a man in a small boat which had drifted away from a fishing smack.— Rewards, £14 Os. 6d..
A Steamer (5)
llth December. A steamer was re- ported in distress near the Barrel Rock, but nothing was found. Later a steamer with a list was seen near Galley Head, but declined help.— Rewards, £22 165..
Fishing Boats
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 2.45 on the morning of the 18th of September, 1952, a fishing-boat skipper reported that the life-boat would be needed to escort the herring fleet into harbour.
A strong northerly wind was blowing with...
A Man Hauled Ashore In a "Sling" Travelling on a Hawser
A Man Hauled Ashore In A "Sling" Travelling On A Hawser.
Category: Drawings
A Sailing Dinghy
Swanage, Dorset - At 4.38 p.m. on 26th October, 1968, it was learnt that a sailing dinghy with five people on board had capsized in the Peveril Ledge tide race. The life-boat R.L.P.
was launched at 4.47. The tide was ebbing...
Lifeboat Services (From Page 263)
Lifeboat Services (from page 263) the whaleboat which had drifted further to leeward to within about 100' from the cliffs near the Cote du Nord hotel.
His crew managed to get a grapnel into the whaleboat and they towed...
Category: Services
A Fishing Coble
On the 15th January, in a strong south-east breeze and rough sea, one fishing coble only ventured to put to sea, and shortly after 9.30 A.M. it was seen that she was in trouble. The Life- boat Matthew Simpson was launched, and, as...
A Steamer (11)
FEBRUARY 16TH. - FENIT, CO. KERRY.
A steamer had been torpedoed, and one of her boats with fifteen survivors in it was reported drifting two miles north of Loophead.
The life-boat could not find them, and...
Franklin Mint
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Category: Advertisement
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
SOUTHPORT, LANCASHIRE.—The Life- boat on this station was rapidly becoming unfit for further service, and it has there- fore been replaced by a new 10-oared boat, 34 feet long, and 8J feet wide. The legacy of 5001. bequeathed to the...
Category: Articles