LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Steam Trawler (1)
FEBRUARY 20TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
A steam trawler had been attacked by enemy aircraft several miles off the Cromer Knoll Lightship, but she beat them off and reached port without help. - Rewards, £41 9s. 6d.
The Ex-German Yacht Pirol
JUNE 25TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 3.50 in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned a report from the east pier watchman that, the ex-German yacht Pirol, which had left harbour for Portsmouth, manned by five R.A.F. men, had grounded on the Brake...
Heaving the Lead
OF the different guides to which the mariner has recourse in providing for the safety of his vessel as she forces her way through the trackless deep, none is of more importance, as none is more ancient, than that of the sounding-line and...
Category: Articles
A Fishing Boat
One of the local fishermen, accompanied by his two sons, went off in his open fishing boat about noon on the 2nd June, in a strong breeze from S.W. to haul his lines, which were about H miles east of Blackhead, co. Antrim. He reached the...
Chichester Yacht Basin
a rather nice marina The Chichester Yacht Basin is currently undergoing an extensive refurbishment programme, which means by April 1989, well have created an additional 120 berths.
So if you're quick to apply, you could...
Category: Advertisement
Rescue In a Gale Near the Harbour Bar
ON the morning of the 15th of April, 1954, the weather at Whitby, which was already bad, became steadily worse. The local fishing fleet was at sea, and at 9.30 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched.
Ex-Coxswain...
Category: Services
A 9Ft Model Arun Lifeboat Was Used By the Newly-Formed North Southwark Branch
A 9ft model Arun lifeboat was used by the newly-formed North Southwark branch to attract people's attention during London lifeboat week in March. The model was built by branch chairman Paul Charter (above) and has a rotating beacon on... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Duke of Northumberland's Life-Boat Essay Competition, 1930
Developments for 1931.
THE Duke of Northumberland's Life- boat Essay Competition has now been held for ten years. Started in 1918, it was held in that year and the two following years. In 1921,1922 and 1923 no...
Category: Articles
Captain 'Wally' Patch Master of the North Sea Ferries Mv Norwave Receives from Lt Alan Tate Divisional Inspector (North East) a Framed Letter of Thanks Signed By the Chairman of the Rnli
Captain 'Wally' Patch, master of the North Sea Ferries MV Norwave, receives from Lt Alan Tate, divisional inspector (North East), a framed letter of thanks signed by the Chairman of the RNLI. The presentation was made in recognition... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Fishing Smack
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—7th October, 1938. A fishing smack had been reported as disabled, but she could not be found. She was eventually towed to safety by a trawler.— Rewards, £28 195..