LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Motor Sand Barge Tony
DRIFTING SAND BARGE TAKEN IN TOW The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 12.20 on the morning of the 31st March, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor sand barge Tony of Hull had broken adrift with one man on board...
Heroic Women of Boulmer
ON the morning of 24th March, a very cold morning, with a heavy sea running, the Boulmer Life-boat was launched to stand by seven returning fishing boats of Craster, which, owing to the heavy seas breaking right across the Bar, would find it...
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The S.S. Warren Grove (1)
Arbroath, Broughty Ferry, and Montrose, Angus.—At 12.50 in the afternoon of the 10th of November, 1948, the Arbroath coastguard telephoned the Arbroath life-boat station that the S.S. El Ciervo, of London, had reported that she had picked...
During the International Lifeboat Conference at Gothenburg the Duke of Atholl
During the International Lifeboat Conference at Gothenburg the Duke of Atholl, chairman of the Institution, presented to Captain Hans Hansson, chairman of the Swedish Lifeboat Service, the Institution's silver medal and a special vellum... - View image in PDF
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The American Steamer John L. Sullivan, of San Francisco
JUNE 11TH. - WALMER, KENT. A request was received for the services of the life-boat to take out a doctor to a sick man on the American steamer John L. Sullivan, of San Francisco, which was lying in Trinity Bay. A south-west wind was blowing,...
The Life-Boat Service and Salvage
ALTHOUGH, in the course of its 127 years of work the Institution has saved, or helped to save, thousands of vessels from destruction, it makes no claims for salvage. Its sole purpose is the rescue of life. When, however, life- boats are able...
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The Three-Masted S.S. Elaine
DUNGENESS.—It having been reported by the coastguard watchman, on the.
night of the 12th January, that a vessel was showing signals of distress, the Lifeboat B.A.O.B. was launched, and found the three-masted s.s. Elaine, of...
The S.S. Margo
MARCH 8TH. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.
At 2.28 P.M. the coastguard called for the life-boat to go out to a steamer to bring off some wounded men. A N.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat W. and S. was launched...
Feature: Safety at the Seaside
Imagine you're on a beach in the summer sun. Nearby there's a family enjoying a day out. One child is building a huge sandcastle and another is playing in the water with friends.
Their laughter and excited shouts...
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The Merry Cobbler:
The merry cobbler: Fakenham shoe mender Chris Thomas, who is also a member of the re-formed Fakenham and District branch, dressed his mechanical shoe-mending dummy in lifeboatman's gear to attract attention during the town's flag... - View image in PDF
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