LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Sailing Boat Avec Nom
Margate, Kent.—At 2.50 on the after- noon of the 1st of April, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that he had received a message from Kingsgate that two men in a sailing boat three quarters of a mile off Joss Bay were waving an oar. At three...
Some Ways of Raising Money
More than £12,000 was raised by Bristol ladies' guild at its summer ball, held last July at the home of Mr and Mrs Cullum McAlpine, near Bath. On arrival, every lady was presented with a red rose, and when the 350 guests sat down to...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Stephen W. Kearny, of San Francisco
NOVEMBER 24TH. - WALMER, KENT. A message from the S.S. Stephen W. Kearny, of San Francisco, was received through the coastguard.
It said that she would be anchoring in The Downs at two o’clock that afternoon and had asked...
The London Fish Carrier Bellona II
OCTOBER 8TH. - GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE.
At 8.8 P.M. the London fish c a r r i e r B e l l o n a I I , bound from Hull to Iceland, was bombed by a German aeroplane and set on fire when about four and a half miles E.S.E. of...
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...
Lord Beaconsfield, of Hull
OCTOBER 17TH. - ARBROATH, ANGUS.
At 11.30 at night the coastguard reported a vessel ashore off Prail Castle, and at 11.45, in calm weather, the motor life-boat John and William Mudie was launched. She found the trawler Lord...
Denbigh Coast and the S.S. Irish Maple
New Brighton, Cheshire. At 10.18 on the night of the 18th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a collision had occurred between the coaster Denbigh Coast and the s.s. Irish Maple one mile east of the Formby...
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
Thomas, of Dumfries
The brigantine Thomas, of Dumfries, drove on the Little Burbo Sand-bank, off the mouth of the Mersey, on the 21st April, during thick weather, and afterwards beat across it, and sank in deep water. The crew of 4 men took to their boat, but...
The M.F.V.125
DECEMBER 15TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 4.50 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that a motor fishing vessel near the Wallet Spit Buoy was flashing signals and might be in need of help, and the motor life-boat Edward Z. Dresden...