LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Flamborough Motor Fishing Coble Pioneer (1)
NOVEMBER 12TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, AND BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. At 5.30 at night it was reported that the Flamborough motor fishing coble Pioneer, which had been due back at three o’clock, had not returned.
A strong...
The German Life-Boat Institution. (From the Shipping World, 1st July, 1894.)
WE learn from the Annual Report (for the year 1893-4) of the Deutsche Gesell- schaft znr Eettung Schiffbriichiger, read at the annual meeting of the committee held at Frankfort-on-the-Main on the 29th May, that in the course of the year the...
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The East German Trawler Siegfried Raedel
FROM EAST GERMANY Runswick, Yorkshire. At 7.48 a.m.
on 4th September, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a ship was aground about two miles northwest of Staithes. There was a calm sea with light airs...
Skylark, of Poole
APRIL 21ST. - POOLE AND BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET. During the afternoon the motor boat Skylark, of Poole, foundered in Bournemouth Bay when on a pleasure cruise with about seventy people on board.
The weather was fine, the sea...
June 23: Stornoway Crew With Borrowed Inflatable Dinghy Ferry Three Men Stranded for 36 Hours from Cliff Foot to Lifeboat Photograph By Courtesy of 'Hebridean News Agency'
June 23: Stornoway crew, with borrowed inflatable dinghy, ferry three men, stranded for 36 hours, from cliff foot to lifeboat. photograph by courtesy of 'Hebridean News Agency'. - View image in PDF
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For the Past Three Years Ruth Cawsey
For the past three years Ruth Cawsey (r) and Carolyn Doorbar have raised funds for Weston-super-Mare branch at Christmas time by playing carols in clubs and pubs and in the local shopping area. In the first year they raised £700: in the... - View image in PDF
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The Crew of the Portrush Antrim Life-Boat Lady Scott (Civil Service No 4) Whose Coxswain Is Mr R Mcmullan the Crew Are Wearing the New Life-Jackets and Protective Suit
The crew of the Portrush, Antrim, life-boat Lady Scott (Civil Service No. 4), whose coxswain is Mr. R. McMullan. The crew are wearing the new life-jackets and protective suits.. - View image in PDF
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A Ketch and the Shrimper Marjorie
At about 10 A.M. on the 20th April, a ketch was seen to miss stays and run aground on Taylors Bank, and as the cone had just been hoisted denoting a gale might be expected, the Life-boat John andHenrietta was launched and proceeded to...
The Margate Ladies
In disclosing that the R.N.L.I.'s temporary secondhand shop in High Street, Margate, had netted £800 in three weeks, Mrs. H. D. Ford, honorary secretary of the Margate ladies' life-boat guild, said : 'We must have over 1...
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Survivors of 1899 Disaster
THE only two living survivors ofthe Aldeburgh life-boat disaster in 1899 were guests of honour at a dinner given by Ipswich supporters of the Institution to the present crew of the Aldeburgh life-boat, and their wives, at Ipswich on the...
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