LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tilbury Tubbies' (With One 'Tubby' Sitting In the Tub) of Tilbury Construction Ltd Convey Island
'Tilbury Tubbies' (with one 'Tubby' sitting in the tub), of Tilbury Construction Ltd, Convey Island, raised £157.50 for the lifeboat service in a charily bath pull along Southend sea front.. - View image in PDF
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The Antarctic—Off Devon
The Salcombe life-boat carrying supplies to Hope Cove. - View image in PDF
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The S.S. Cairnavon
Teesmouth, Yorkshire. At six o'clock on the morning of the 4th of September.
1959, the honorary secretary received a message from the lighthouse-keeper at South Gare that a vessel had gone ashore in the River Tees....
The S.S. Sverige
The s.s. Sverige, of Gefle, was mined when proceeding I through the Stanford Channel on the i 13th August. As the vessel commenced to settle down very rapidly, the Life- boat was launched with all expedition and proceeded to the assistance...
Nor' Wester, of Boston U.S
On the 20th April, the ship Nor" Wester, of Boston, U.S., with a crew of 24 men, bound from Cardiff to Monte Video with a cargo of coals, was passing this place in tow of a powerful steam-tug, when the wind sud- denly shifting from S.S...
The Life-Boat Station
THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of tho boat, will serve to convoy an idea of the general character of one of the 303 Life-boat Stations...
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Dora the Colonel's 'Pretty' Lifeboat Saving the Crew of Jeune Hortense In 1888
Dora, the colonel's 'pretty' lifeboat saving the crew of Jeune Hortense in 1888. - View image in PDF
Photograph bv courtesy of F. E. Gibson. - View image in PDF
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An Aeroplane (20)
SEPT. 18TH. - SENNEN COVE, CORNWALL.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the life-boat was recalled by the coastguard as her services were not needed. - Rewards, £12 5s..
Lady Alice
Hastings, Sussex. At 11.55 on the morning of the 1st July, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that there had been an explosion, followed by fire, on board a vessel about two and a half miles off the Fairlight estate....
Having Been Given a Monster Potato By a Customer the Landlord of the Sir Douglas Haig Effingham Rod Davis and His Wife Jean Held a Competition to Guess How
Having been given a monster potato by a customer, the landlord of The Sir Douglas Haig, Effingham, Rod Davis, and his wife, Jean, held a competition to guess how many bags of crisps could be made from it. At lOp a guess, £23.60 was soon... - View image in PDF
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