LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat Service In 1934
The Largest Number of Launches for Fourteen Years.
Nineteen-THIRTY-FOUR, like 1933, will be remembered for its long and brilliant summer. In spite of this it was a year of great life-boat activity. The number of launches...
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The Converted Ship's Boat Ocean Queen
Caister, Norfolk. At 9.20 on the morning of the 16th of August, 1958, two men were seen ashore on Scroby Sands from the boathouse. A small boat was near them. Ten minutes later the men began waving to a passing ship, and it was decided to...
The Longshore Boats Schemz and Judith Ann
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 11.26 on the night of the 7th November, 1961, the coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that a small boat was trapped under the north pier and that cries for help had been heard by the...
The Motor Cabin Cruiser Kinuna, of Southampton
JANUARY 18TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
At 7.5 at night the Lade coastguard reported a small vessel ashore east-by-north of Lade, but not in need of help. A strong southeasterly wind was blowing, with a very choppy sea. The...
The Ex-Belgian Tanker Laurent Meeus
OCTOBER 18TH. - FLEETWOOD, AND BARROW, LANCASHIRE. At 4.15 P.M.
the naval authorities asked the Fleetwood life-boat to go to the help of a vessel aground about one hundred yards W. by N. of Shell Wharf Buoy, and the motor...
Light of The Haren, of Whistable
On the 15th August the Lowestoft'life- boat again went off', in reply to signals of distress from the brigantine Light of the Harem, of Whitstable, which had struck on Gorton Spit during a strong gale of wind and heavy sea. The...
The Converted Motor Fishing Vessel Watchful
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 10.41 on the morning of the 18th of May, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small coaster was aground on the West Barrow sands infine weather. No distress signals had been made, and as it...
The Admiralty Salvage Tug St. Syrus
JANUARY 22ND. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. At 11.15 A.M. several loud explosions were heard, which proved to be delayed action mines. At the same time the Admiralty salvage tug St. Syrus struck a mine when passing the Boom Gateway, and started...
The RNLI and me: Simon Gregson
He's spent 26 years living on the UK's best-known street- but, this father and lifeboat station volunteer is as much about water as he is soap
You've been on...
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Titanic – The Ship That Never Sank?
Titanic – The Ship That Never Sank?
By Robin Gardiner
Review by Jon Jones
In 1912 the unthinkable happened – the unsinkable Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg. Or did it? It seems that for...
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