LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rewards Voted By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution From the 1st January to the 31st December, 1857
Jan. 17,1856.—The brig Bonnie Marie, of Nantes, was observed in the night to hare a signal of distress flying. The Portmadoc life-boat, which belongs to the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, manned by 12 men, put off to the vessel's...
Category: Articles
S.S. Nicolaos (1)
Walmer, and Ramsgate, Kent.—At * 8.7 P.M. on the 4th November, 1939, a message was received at Walmer from the Deal coastguard that distress signals had been seen about two miles east of their station. A S.W. wind was blowing, with...
Lalage
Margate, Kent. At 9.21 on the evening of the 25th of June, 1959, the coastguard informed the coxswain that red flares had been seen in the direction of Margate Sands five miles north-west of Margate. The coxswain had also seen these flares,...
Sir John Snell and Lizbeth M
Margate, Kent.—At 7.3 on the morn- ing of the 4th of April, 1957, the coast- guard telephoned that two vessels had been in collision one mile north-east of Spit buoy. The life-boat St. Mary's, on temporary duty at the station, was...
Other IRB Launches
In addition to the services by IRBs which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded on pages 491, 506, 515, the following launches on service were made during the months June to August, 1968, inclusive.
Aberdeen -...
Category: Services
Life-Boat Crossword—2
The winners of the October crossword were: 1st prize (watch), Mrs. Laura S. Lamb, Lloyds Bank House, Broadway, Worcs.; 2nd prize (£1), Mr. J. A. Porter, 149 Coast Drive, Lydd-on-Sea, Kent; 3rd prize (£1), Mr. P....
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Category: Advertisement
The S.S. Rynana (1)
JANUARY 22ND. - RAMSGATE, AND WALMER, KENT. At 10.55 A.M. a message was received at Ramsgate from the coastguard that H.M. Destroyer Brilliant had reported that the S.S. Rynana, of Limerick, was aground a mile west of the East Goodwins Light...
Two Inaugural Ceremonies In Wales. Tenby and Angle, Pembrokeshire
Tenby and Angle, Pembrokeshire.
D USING August the Inaugural Cere- monies took place of two new Motor Life-boats which have been stationed on the coast of Wales at the Stations of Tenby and Angle, both in Pembroke-...
Category: Inaugurations
Book Review
" THE LIFE-BOAT AND ITS STORY." By Noel T. Methley. Sidgwick and Jack- son. 7s. 6d.
In our May issue we briefly noted the publication of this book, which reached us too late for review. As the Life- boat Journal...
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