LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended 30th June, 1909
THE machinery of modern civilization is so complicated, and moves, withal, so smoothly and silently, that the majority of people never give a thought to its intricacies, or to the constant effort and strain which the smooth working...
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A Ship’s Boat belonging to the Janna
AUGUST 11TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
At 7.30 P.M. the coastguard reported a ship’s boat drifting about six miles N.W. by W. of Towan Head. A N.W. by W.
wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat...
Notes of the Quarter from Page Iii
Notes of the Quarter from page III Elmy put out to the help of a fishing boat. The fishing boat's crew were taken aboard the lifeboat, but as she was returning to harbour the lifeboat capsized with the loss of the whole lifeboat crew and...
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The Ex-Naval Cutter Overdraft II
Anchor dragged A RADIO MESSAGE from the charter boat Aqua-Manda, that the ex-naval cutter Overdraft II had run out of fuel and dragged her anchor and was drifting with two people on board, was reported to the honorary secretary of Clactonon-...
The Admiralty Motor Fishing Vessel No. 641
FEBRUARY 24TH. - ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE. At 4.20 in the morning the naval base at Milford Haven asked through the coastguard that the life-boat be sent to search for a dinghy which had been reported by an aeroplane about twelve miles...
Members of Northampton Ladies' Guild Man the Refreshment Stall at a Market Organised By the Branch at the End of Last Year Held In the Town's Guildhall the Event Rai
Members of Northampton ladies' guild man the refreshment stall at a market organised by the branch at the end of last year. Held in the town's Guildhall the event raised £535.
photograph by courtesy of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Liverpool Class Lifeboat Tillie Morrison Sheffield
The Liverpool class lifeboat Ti/lie Morrison Sheffield II - seen here in RNLI service at Bridlington - is now a tripper boat in New Zealand. Walter Baguley's letter (left) reminds us that she served as a lifeboat in Sumner, New Zealand,... - View image in PDF
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The Ex-Norwegian Fishing Vessel H13AF
MARCH 14TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
The ex-Norwegian fishing vessel H.13A.F., with a naval crew on board, appeared to be out of control, and her crew were waving a white sheet, but she was got under control again and went...
The Rig Supply Vessel St Mark
Rig supply vessel sinks after collision Cramer's Tyne class lifeboat Ruby and Arthur Reed II is pictured standing by the rig supply vessel St Mark shortly before she sank on 6 August 1990.
The lifeboat had been launched...
Here and There
Lord Mayor visits Exmouth In 1970 the 48ft 6in Solent lifeboat City of Birmingham was named at Exmouth. Civic links forged then were renewed on April 11 when, at the invitation of Charles Tate, chairman of Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton...
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