LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
News from the Branches. 1st May to 31st July, 1934
1st May to 31st July, 1934.
Greater London.
BEXLEY HEATH.—Garden meeting.
Speaker : The district organizing secretary.
CLAPHAM.—" Bring and Buy "...
Category: Branches
Esso Ottawa, of Liverpool
DECEMBER 18TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 3.50 in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that the motor vessel Esso Ottawa, of Liverpool, was drifting towards the Newcombe Sands. She was a tanker of 900 tons and had a crew...
The Admiralty Trawler Moray and Empire Ned
DECEMBER 13TH - 14TH. - DUNMORE, EAST, CO. WATERFORD, AND KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD. Just before half-past five in the evening the coast watcher at Hook Point telephoned to the Dunmore East station that a vessel was off the Hook showing flares....
Margaret and William, the Ina and the Douglasses
BIyth, Northumberland. — On the morning of the 6th May the coastguard telephoned that three or four fishing boats were at sea between Blyth and St. Mary's Island, and that owing to very heavy seas across the bar it would be dangerous for...
The Admiralty Torpedo Craft C.T.21
JANUARY 23RD. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN, AND PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM At 2.6 in the afternoon the Bangor coastguard reported a vessel in distress off Ballywhlskin.
There was a thick fog, but the sea was...
Above: Oban Harbour, Where the Rescue Took Place. the Lifeboat Berth Is Marked to the Bottom Left of the Picture
Above: Oban Harbour, where the rescue took place. The lifeboat berth is marked to the bottom left of the picture. p iure A*« fiims Ltd. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Naming Ceremonies of Eight Motor Life-Boats
EIGHT motor life-boats have been named during 1938, two on the coast of Devon, at Salcombe and Appledore, two on the Irish coast, at Arklow and Dun Laoghaire, and the other four at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Whitby, Yorkshire, Peel, Isle of...
Category: Inaugurations
The Sailing Dinghies Victory and Wanton
Hastings, Sussex. At 3.29 on the afternoon of the 20th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the mechanic that an angling boat Petchick II had been sent to the aid of a small dinghy which was in distress three quarters of a mile...
Dover's Thames Class Rotary Service Demonstrates Her Ability to Deal With Some Heavy Weather - Just One of the Reasons for Her Crew's Affection for Her.
Dover's Thames class Rotary Service demonstrates her ability to deal with some heavy weather - just one of the reasons for her crew's affection for her.
Rotary Service was the lifeboat involved in the service during... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Main - Just Some of the Colourful Characters
Main - just some of the colourful characters who took part in Hythe's great raft race in August 2000.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs