LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Period Costume Is the Order of the Day at Shaldon Village Old Time Fayre
Period costume is the order of the day at Shaldon village old time fayre in Devon. Branch workers who donned period maritime costume when manning their stall were delighted when their souvenir and lottery sales practically doubled as a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Tordensk Jold, of Bergen
MARCH 15TH. - MONTROSE, ANGUS.
During the morning the S.S. Tordensk Jold, of Bergen, was seen to be in difficulties, and to anchor in a dangerous position, two miles north of Scurdyness. At noon the No. 1 motor life-boat...
The Horse Before the Cart
Derek Hallworth, industrial organiser for the north is pictured aboard one of the touring drays, ready for the worst the seaside weather can throw at him! (Photo Paul Francis Photography). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Longshoremen In Winter
Telling of the Winter Life ltd by tht Stout-hearted Heroes who Man our Life-boats.
By HERBERT RUSSELL.
WHEN the shrill piping of the equinoctial gales has proclaimed the coming of the long bleak months of...
Category: Articles
Boats, bangles and bands: the occasion was the annual bazaar of the Hakin Point branch
Boats, bangles and bands: The occasion was the annual bazaar of the Hakin Point branch and once again crowds attended for boat trips, bargains and other attractions, one of which was the fishing boat race organised by the South West Wales... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Centenary of the Institution, 1924. Appeal to Honorary Secretaries
Appeal to Honorary Secretaries.
THE Secretary of the Institution pro- poses, if possible, to compile its history for publication in 1924, and he will be most grateful to all Honorary Secre- taries, especially of Station...
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F.E. 88
Dover, Kent. At 5.25 on the evening of the 13th of November, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a local fishing boat was mis- sing off Folkestone. When the life-boat Southern Africa put out at 6.3 it was low water....
The Greek Brig Marietta
At 4 a.m., on the 19th October, the Greek brig Mari- etta, from Lisbon, for Cardiff, in ballast, ran ashore on some rocks in Tramore Bay.
One of the crew, at great peril to himself, plunged into the surf with a line, and...
The Auxiliary Drifter Industry
APRIL 13TH. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 3.23 in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that a fishing vessel, under sail, was a quarter of a mile east of Berwick pier. She was trying to enter the harbour, but was unable to do...