LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Samsal (1)
Stranded yacht AS DUSK FELL ON Tuesday, October 6, 1987, Liverpool Coastguard MRSC advised New Brighton's station honorary secretary, Captain John Billington, that a small yacht, believed to be the 24ft Samsal, had been observed possibly...
IRB Launches. Rescues by IRB's in March were Carried out by the Following Stations
NORTH-EASTERN DISTRICT Filey, Yorkshire - At 3.5 p.m. on 28th March, 1967, news was received that a small boat had capsized in the bay and had fired a flare. The IRB was launched at 3.10 in a strong north westerly wind and a smooth sea. It...
Category: Services
The Problem of the Life-Belt
OF the many problems which confront the technical officers of the Institution few have caused so much careful thought and discussion as the design of an efficient life-belt.
Until the year 1904 the question was
Category: Articles
Silver City
During a whole S. W.
gale on the 6th December information j was received that a vessel coming up the j roads was flying signals for assistance.
The crew of the No. 2 Life-boat, Civil Ser- vice No. 1, were...
Fishing Boats including The North Star
MARCH 1ST. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
The fishing fleet was out in bad weather, with strong squalls from the north, snow showers and a rough sea, and at 11.30 in the morning, as four boats had not returned, it was decided to...
Annie
SEPTEMBER 13TH. - TROON, AYRSHIRE.
At eleven in the morning news was received that a man and two women who had left harbour the previous day in the auxiliary sailing boat Annie, were thought to be on Lady Isle.
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Honey' Owned By Weymouth's Life-Boat Mechanic Mr D Sargent Once Picked Up a Large Collecting Box Sat on the Quayside With It for a Couple of Hours and Collected
Honey', owned by Weymouth's life-boat mechanic, Mr. D. Sargent, once picked up a large collecting box, sat on the quayside with it for a couple of hours, and collected £2 for the R.N.LI. That was the start of the dog's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Nostalgia Direct (DEPT. LB1)
AVAILABLE ON 2 TAPES OR 2 CDs BANDS OF THE uriJONI ARMY 40 ALL TIME FAVOURITES The sight of the familiar blue uniforms of a Salvation Army Band in a residential street on a Sunday morning is part of the British scene.
Most...
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Fishing Cobles
A strong westerly gale with a rough sea came up, on the 16th January, whilst the fishing cobles were at sea, and about 11 A.M. the Life-boat Ada Lewis was launched to attend them into safety.
The gale having arisen quite...
The S.S. Brian
MARCH 13TH - 14TH. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 7.20 P . M . the Blyth coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Brian, of Sunderland, which had just left port, laden with coal, had driven ashore to the west of the West Pier. A...