LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Around the Coast
FROM AN ARTICLE on Horton and Port Eynon ILB station by Mr C. R. Chatterton published in the Newsletter of Reardon Smith Line. Mr Chatterton is chairman of both the shipping line and the ILB station branch: 'Operating an inshore lifeboat...
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Above: the Drummer Boy
Above: The drummer boy would walk through the village to alert the crew when they were needed for a rescue. - View image in PDF
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The Help of the Cinemas
DURING the autumn of 1924 two films with a special Life-boat interest i were released to the Cinemas. One o f ' them, " Down to the Sea in Ships," is; the cruise of a whaler. Among its scenes are the wreck of one of the boats...
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The Romanian Cargo Ship Savinesti (1)
Blizzard ON THURSDAY MORNING February 15 a Romanian cargo ship, Savinesti, with 28 people on board was reported in distress 125° 37.5 miles from Spurn Point; she had engine failure and was dragging her anchor. After liaison (made more...
Past and Present
50 Years Ago The following article appeared in the December, 1936, issue of THE LIFEBOAT: The Last of the Life-boat Horses.
WHEN the motor life-boat Royal Silver Jubilee, 1910-1935, reached Wells, Norfolk, on llth February...
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Carol Sandra and Northwind III
Fishing boats wrecked TWO GERMAN STUDENTS, walking on the cliffs near Breil Nook on Flamborough Head on the morning of Monday, May7, 1984, smelt diesel oil and, looking into the water, saw what appeared to be the overturned hull of a...
Brian Jeffrey, a crew member at the Mumbles, shows a line-throwing rocket gun to members of the 2nd Swansea Valley (Clydach) Scouts, who, with a variety of events, raised £1,007 for the station. photograph by courtesy of the Western Mail.
Brian Jeffrey, a crew member at The Mumbles, shows a line-throwing rocket gun to members of the 2nd Swansea Valley (Clydach) Scouts, who, with a variety of events, raised £1,007 for the station. photograph by courtesy of the Western... - View image in PDF
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Fishing Boats
ARBROATH, FORFARSHIRE.—On the 29th January at 6 P.M. information was received that the fishing fleet was making for the harbour, and that in the prevailing weather—a strong S.S.E.
gale and very heavy sea—their coming in...
45 Years -- Still Singing
Mr. J. W. Kelly, of Peel, in the Isle of Man, has now sung the solo in the hymn "The Life-boat" at the annual Life-boat Sunday Service at Peel every year for 45 years. Mr. Brian Leadley, who ha* been H.M. coastguard at Peel for 23...
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Tri-Ang Motor Lifeboat
This photograph shows the toy lifeboat which reader O N Carson referred to in his letter (mi: LIFEBOAT. Autumn 19K7, page 206). The model is approximately ten inches long and is clockwork powered. It is constructed from plastic, except for... - View image in PDF
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