LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Electrical Communication Between Lighthouses and Light-Vessels and the Shore
THE following is a copy of a placard circulated in November last by the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, calling attention to an important concession to shipowners and others, whereby they are allowed on occasions of shipping casualties...
Category: Articles
The Best Essay
By OSMOND PATTISON HANDFORD ROBB (14), Royal High School, Edinburgh.
Imagine that You have been Shipwrecked, and Rescued by a Life-boat. Describe Your Experiences.
THE sea was turbulent; a thick fog...
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The Spanish Big Samaritano
On the 13th February, the Spanish big Samaritano ran ashore on the Wedge Sand, off Margate. The two Mar- gate life-boats having failed to reach the wreck, and become disabled, intelligence of the disaster was conveyed to Ramsgate, together...
The Liner Kungsholm
Stornoway, Hebrides. At 2.10 on the morning of the 27th of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the liner Kungsholm of Gothenburg, which was on passage to Sweden from the United States of America, would be off...
Feature: Train One, Save Many
'We have a call out about every eight or nine days and we've been out in some terrible conditions. The worst I can remember was when we were called to a ship that had tipped over because the cargo it was carrying had shifted in the...
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The Sailing Boat Cameo
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 8.23 on the evening of the 12th November, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the sailing boat Cameo with a man and a boy on board was overdue from Langstone harbour. She had left the...
Out of the Blue:
Out of the blue: the Prime Minister paid a visit to Porlhcawl lifeboat station when she was in South Wales last June. I he crew presented her with a plat/lie and while she was being shown their lf ft I) class inflatable she tried her hand at... - View image in PDF
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In the Early Days of Sir Godfrey Baring's Chairmanship the Motor Car Was Still Something of a Novelty. This Rolls-Royce—It Appears to Be a New Phantom I of 1925-1929—Was Pictured Outside Th
In the early days of Sir Godfrey Baring's chairmanship the motor car was still something of a novelty. This Rolls-Royce—it appears to be a New Phantom I of 1925-1929—was pictured outside the old headquarters of the R.N.LI, in Charing...
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Fee des Ondes
FRENCH RESCUED Youghal, Co. Cork. On 2yth October, 1963, the Youghal life-boat, Herbert John, rescued four men from the French trawler Fee des Ondes. A full account of this service, for which special awards were made to the coxswain and crew...
A Boat of the Air Sea Rescue Service
JUNE 23RD. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. A boat of the Air Sea Rescue Service had gone out to the help of an aeroplane which had come down in the sea, had caught fire herself and had been burnt out, but her crew were rescued by the examination...