LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The German Fishing Boat Angela
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 11.8 on the morning of the 10th of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the German fishing boat Angela had an injured man on board, who needed a doctor. The boat was due...
Woodstown and the S.S. Clapham
Nov. 15TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 11.45 A.M. the small coasting vessel Woodstown was sunk by enemy action threequarters of a mile N.E. of the Spit Buoy. A fresh S.W. breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. At 11.50 A.M., the motor life-boat The...
Some Unpublished Letters of Sir William Hillary, Bt
His Efforts to Interest the Admiralty in his Scheme for a Life-boat Service.
By Major Evan W. H. Fyers, Member of the Major Fyers, to whose researches we owe the discovery of these very interesting letters of Sir William...
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Aldina, of London
On the 14th December the schooner Adina, of London, was totally wrecked during a strong gale from the S.W. and heavy sea, near the East Holm Buoy, on the Gorton Sand, off Lowestoft.
The Lcetitia life-boat at the latter...
The Emperor and Empress of France
—The following account is given of a recent interview between Louis NAPOLEON and a man named LEFEORE, who has been instrumental in saving many lives:—-" How long is it, Lefeore, since I decorated you—and how many men have you saved...
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Peep Into The Past
Peep into the past Fascinating excerpts from the Lifeboat archives … 100 years ago The Winter 1906 Life-boat Journal featured a letter of thanks to the Broadstairs lifeboat crew, Kent, after they had launched into a south westerly gale and...
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The S.S. Vancouver City
Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—14th Sep- ** tember, 1939. At 2.20 P.M. the civic guard at Cork reported that a man had picked up a wireless SOS call from the s.s. Vancouver City, of Bideford.
She was a vessel of about 5,000 tons...
H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent Congratulates Robert Cann
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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
JOHNSHAVEN, KlNCARDINESHIRE. The ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has recently formed a new Life-boat es- tablishment at Johnshaven, near Montrose, for the service of fishing-boats which are frequently placed in imminent peril when...
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Children from the Class of Mrs Harrison at Bodmin County Primary Infants' School Acted Out the Grace Darling Story
Children from the class of Mrs Harrison at Bodmin County Primary Infants' School acted out the Grace Darling story for the rest of the school and, after making a "mile of pennies", they collected over £52 the Grace Darling... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs