LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Rosso, of Stockholm (3)
Montrose, and Broughty Ferry, Angus, Eyemouth, Berwickshire, and Gourdon,Kincardineshire.—At 4.52 in the after- noon of the 7th of March, 1952, the S.S. Rosso, of Stockholm, bound for Sweden from Methie, wirelessed that she was leaking...
Wietska
SOUTHEND, ESSEX.—During a heavy gale from the S.W., on the 8th December, the Dutch schooner Wietska parted both anchors and chains and drove ashore onthe Knock Sands off Shoeburyness. In response to her signals of distress the Life-boat Boys...
Pilot Me and Gem
FISHING BOATS ESCORTED IN Whitby, Yorkshire. — Early in the morning of February 19th, 1947, two fishing boats, the Pilot Me and the Gem, put to sea in moderate weather. Later the sea became heavy, making it very dangerous for boats to enter...
Bloom
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.—At 10.10 on the night of the 23rd of De- cember, 1948, the harbour watchman telephoned that a fishing vessel was burning flares about four miles east of Kinnaird Head, and at 10.20, in the charge of Captain R. T....
Accidental Help
Accidental help When 11 year old Lauren McBoyle of Colsterworth fell of her bike breaking both her wrists, she was understandably upset. However when people asked to sign her plasters she decided to charge them for the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Volvo
TRUST VOLVO TO LAUNCH A CAR LIKE THIS.
A car with an airbag and pre-tensioners as standard. A car with advanced side impact protection. A car with a rigid steel safety cage. A car you can believe in. (Oh yes, and a car you...
Category: Advertisement
Fishing Boats (1)
NOVEMBER 24TH. - FILEY, YORK-SHIRE. The motor life-boat The Cuttle was launched at 12.35 in the afternoon in a strong north-north-west wind, with a rough sea, to the help of the local fishing boats. As most of the regular members of the crew...
Notes of the Quarter
IN a world in which good news tends more and more to be excluded from the front pages of newspapers, it is gratifying to be able to record that the R.N.L.I.'s record last year was one of consistent and outstanding success. The number of...
Category: Articles
Swift
Port Erin, Isle of Man.—At 6.42 on the evening of the 23rd of July, 1955, the harbourmaster telephoned that the Cregneish wireless station had received a message from Chicken Rock light- house that a boat was in distress near the lighthouse....
The 18-feet Motor Boat E.M.
Fowey, Cornwall. —• About eleven o'clock in the morning of the 8th of June, 1952, a message was received that a motor boat had reached Fowey and the owner had reported that his friend was missing in the 18-feet motor boat E.M. He had...