LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Flimston
MARCH 9TH - 29TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM, AND TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE.
At 7.45 in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel aground. She was the S.S. Flimston, of over 4,500 tons, laden with steel and with a crew of 38. She...
Voyage of the Motor Life-Boat "Joseph Adlam" from Cowes to Blyth
By Commander E. S. CARVER, R.D., R.N.R., Inspector of Life-boats for the Eastern District.
WE left Cowes just before 7 A.M. of the 4th October. I had with me the Blyth Coxswain and three men, the Blyth Motor Mechanic, the...
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Eleven Years on a Look at the Atlantic 21 Rigid Inflatable Lifeboat Some of Those Who Know Her Well
THE ATLANTIC 21 rigid inflatable has proved one of the most successful of the Institution's modern lifeboats and 30 are now on station. With an overall length of 22ft 9in, a rigid GRP hull and inflatable neoprene tube 'bulwarks',...
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Jersey Life-Boat's Visit to France
ON July 9th the St. Helier motor life- boat, Howard D. paid a visit to France at the invitation of La Socie'te' des Hospitaliers Sauveteurs Bretons. The visit was made possible by the good offices of Mons. J. Delalande, French consul...
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Portrush, Co. Antrim; Campbeltown, Argyllshire; and Donaghadee, Co. Down.
—On the morning of the 12th of July, 1952, a man, together with his wife and two sons, were cruising off the coast of County Antrim in the...
Maria W.
TWO LIFE-BOATS OUT TO DUTCH VESSEL ON FIRE Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, and Caister, Norfolk. At 4.36 on the morning of the 17th January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston that a ship was...
Rumania and the S.S. Loide-Honduras
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 7.35 on the morning of the llth of February, 1956, the motor mechanic heard a distress message on his wireless set from the tug Rumania. The tug said that she was aground on the Long Sand and needed help. At...
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Washed off rocks VALENTIA COAST RADIO STATION made a general broadcast at 1119 on Thursday August 26, 1982, requesting assistance for an angler who had been washed off rocks at 1000 close by Culoo Head, westward along the north coast of...
Melinda Muriel (2)
Overturned fishing vessel AN EIGHTEEN FOOT fishing vessel, Melinda Muriel, had put out to sea from Skinningrove, Cleveland, with fourpeople on board on the morning of Tuesday July 29, 1986. The wind was north westerly and there were squally...