LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Shoreline Section
THE BOAT SHOW at Earls Court in January went with a bang this year! First there was the bomb. Luckily no one was injured, and the way in which everyone walked quietly and calmly to the exits and cleared the building in a matter of minutes...
Category: Articles
Redwings
Plymouth, Devon.—At 7.55 P.M. on the 1st June, 1938, a message was received from the Royal South-Western Yacht Club that a boat was drifting ashore in a dangerous position. A westerly gale was blowing, with a very rough...
The Ferry Steamer Sir William High
Broughty Ferry, Angus.—At 7.6 in the evening of the 1st of December, 1948, during a thick fog, the super- intendent of the Tay Ferry Service telephoned that the ferry steamer Sir William High, of Dundee, was overdue on a trip from...
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DOCTOR TAKEN TO DUTCH MOTOR VESSEL Donaghadee, Co. Down. At 7.20 on the evening of the 1st October, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Dutch motor vessel Holweirdre of Delfzijl had asked for a doctor for a member...
Wood Was for Hundreds of Years the Traditional Boat Building Material and a Well-Built
Wood was for hundreds of years the traditional boat building material and a well-built wooden craft is still a joy to look at. (Right) The hull of a 37ft din Rather, built of cold moulded wood, starts to take shape. The backbone structure of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Nostalgia Direct
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Category: Advertisement
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DECEMBER 3RD. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At about 11.20 P.M. on the 2nd December a terrific explosion was heard, followed by a series of small explosions, and then rockets were seen going up from the Tuskar Rock...
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INJURED CHINESE SEAMEN TAKEN OFF SHIP Penlee, Cornwall. On the 1st September, 1962, news was received that the motor vessel Ben Hope was approaching Penzance with two injured men on board. They had been severely burnt in an accident in the...
A Boat
A message was received from the Chief Coastguard on the night of 10th May that he and his assistant had seen about one and a half miles S.E. of Hartlepool Heugh what appeared to be a ball of fire. He took it to be signals from a boat in...
The Plymouth Motor Life-Boat: Inaugural Ceremony
THE Inaugural Ceremony, on 12th July, of the Plymouth Motor Life-boat, the third Life-boat to be built of the 60- feet Barnett Twin Screw type, was one of the most successful ever held. It took place in Plymouth's Civic Week, for which...
Category: Inaugurations