LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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The great orange case search...Red Bay's C class lifeboat was involved in an unusual incident last Autumn when she was involved in the hunt for four cases of oranges...
However, there was more than a little method to...
Central Appeals Committee
ARRANGEMENTS are now well under way for a Midnight Matinee at the Victoria Palace, London, on Friday, March 8.
The committee responsible is working under the chairmanship of Lady Aitken.
By the time you...
Category: Committee
Plan of the Work
THE deep interest that has recently been awakened throughout the country on the subject of the preservation of life from ship- wreck, by the publication of the Report of the Life-Boat Committee, appointed to award the premium offered by the...
Category: Articles, Advertisement
Coxswain/Mechanic Ian Firman
Bronze Medal Coxswain/Mechanic Ian Firman of Aldeburgh for the service to the yacht Red House Lugger on 29 August 1996 - see ThtLfftbott Winter 1996/ 7 for a full report of the service. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fair Isle
On the evening of the 28th December the Life- boat Co-operator No. 3 was launched to the assistance of the armed trawler Fair Isle, which had stranded. The Life-boat rendered assistance, being engaged for some hours. On the following day...
The Four-Masted Iron Ship Mersey (1)
WALMEB AND KINGSDOWNE, KENT.— On the 27th and 28th December, 1901, a heavy south-westerly gale prevailed in the Channel. The four-masted iron ship Mersey, of Grimstad, was driven on the Goodwin Sands, and in a very short time was engulfed....
Above: a Welcome Sight
Above: A welcome sight for the Lone yachtsman: Frederick Storey Cockburn coming to the rescue. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
James (Jimmy) Jack
James (Jimmy) Jack - former Anstruther lifeboat station Coxswain and Crew Member for 28"; years.
Category: Obituaries
The Prince and Princess of Wales at Newquay, Cornwall
NEVER in the memory of man have there been at Newquay, Cornwall, such "red-letter" days as the 8th and 9th June, 1909, when T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales—travelling as Duke and Duchess of Cornwall—paid a visit to this...
Category: Articles
Sothebys Came to Dovercourt Last February Thanks to Harwich
Sothebys came to Dovercourt last February, thanks to Harwich and Dovercourt branch which organised this valuation session at the Cliff Hotel.
A George Jones plate was estimated at between £300 and £400: a Charles... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs