LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy and a Rowing Boat
Whitstable, Kent - At 6 p.m. on 26th March, 1966, following the completion of a previous service, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man with his five year old son had put off in a small dinghy from Shell Ness and were...
A Four-Engined R.A.F. Bombing Aeroplane
JULY 8TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 7.46 in the morning the Deal coastguard reported that a four-engined bombing aeroplane, belonging to the R.A.F., had crashed in the sea about two and three-quarter miles east of the life-boat station. A light...
S.S. Accomac
JANUARY 31ST. - MARGATE, KENT.
At 9.33 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel was sinking a mile E.S.E. of the Tongue Light-vessel. A moderate S.E. breeze was blowing, with thick fog, and the sea was...
La Nievre, of Boulogne
AUGUST 19TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 10.5 in the morning the coastguard reported that a fishing vessel appeared to be out of control two miles south-east by east of the South Goodwin Light-vessel. A moderate south-south-west breeze was blowing,...
Reliance, of London
On the night of the 5th January, the barque Reliance, of London, was driven on shore in a violent snow- storm, near Walmer Castle, on the coast of Kent. The Walmer life-boat was qxrickly manned and proceeded to the rescue of her crew of 15...
The S.S. Pomeral
DUNGENESS, KENT.—At 10.15 P.M. on the 10th January, during foggy weather, a message was received stating that a : steamer was ashore at Dengemarsh. ' Without loss of time the crew of thej No. 1 Life-boat Mary Theresa Boileau were...
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
EEDCAB.—The Life-boat Brothers was launched for exercise at 2.15 P.M. on the 23rd June, 1892, in a moderate gale from the N. by E. and a rough sea, and, while under sail, the coble Wild Hose, of Eedcar, was seen, about two miles to leeward,...
Category: Services
February
FEBRUARY Launches 53 Lives rescued 22 FEBRUARY 2ND. - WALMER, KENT. At 8.58 in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel in distress east-south-east of the coastguard station. A southerly gale was blowing against the first of the flood...
Category: Services
Shore-Boat Services Rewarded In 1878
Jan. 3.—Voted II. !0s. to 3 men of Lerwick, N.B., who rescued 3 persons from the smack Teazer, of Sandsair, Shetland, which had been caught by a squall, and had sunk off Bressay, Shetland, on the 31st October.
Also 41. to...
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Book Reviews
A director of Shire Publications at Tring, Hertfordshire, recently had the excellent idea that a guide book should be produced based on life-boat stations.
This company specialises in the publication of unusual guides. The...
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