LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Screw Steamer Tuskar, of Glasgow
At about 7 o'clock in the evening of the 26th February, the screw steamer Tuskar, \ of Glasgow, bound from Dundee to Liver- j pool, got on shore, in heavy weather, on the Abertay Sand Bank, at the mouth of , the Kiver Tay, A heavy sea...
(Lower Left) Local Radio Station Classic Gold
(Lower left) Local radio station Classic Gold broadcast live from the event on Friday. Presenter Geoff Barker is pictured talking to actor Robin Asquith who took time out from a local appearance to visit Open Das.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Isabella
On the 24th March the barquentine Isabella, of Swansea, coal - laden, from Sunderland for Southampton, ran into Yarmouth Eoads for shelter in a severe gale from W.S.W. and a very heavy sea, Her two anchors were let go but both chains parted,...
Fairey Marine Group
FAIREY MARINE GROUP You should never need a lifeboat in your Fairey fast patrol boat, commercial vessel, high speed motor yacht or luxury off-shore power cruiser because they are designed and built to the highest standards of seaworthiness....
Category: Advertisement
New District Inspectors Appointed
As a consequence of the steady in- crease in the number of services by life- boats and the need to train crews in the use of new types of rescue craft and equipment it has been decided to increase from the 1st July, 1963, the number of the...
Category: Committee
A Fine Service By the Donna Nook Life-Boat
ABOUT 10 P.M. on the 23rd December the Coast-guard reported a vessel in distress off Saltfleet, near Doona Nook, in Lincolnshire. The Life-boat crew were assembled and the Boat taken down to the beach, but, as nothing could be seen of the...
Category: Services
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Saved by her dog's eyes When 14-year-old Catherine Sharman and her dog, Jet, became trapped on rocks by the tide, it proved difficult just to find her. Nightfall, driving rain, rough seas and strengthening winds all posed a challenge to...
Winona and H.M. Trawler Commander Holbrook
NOVEMBER 10TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 5.20 A.M. the Great Yarmouth coastguard telephoned that rockets had been seen, and later it was learned that the British steamer Winona was aground five miles N.E. 1/2 E. from...
The Last Launch of the Hampshire Rose from Walmer (Above)
The last launch of The Hampshire Rose from Walmer (above). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Presenting Hector the King of Egypt St.George
Presenting Hector, the King of Egypt, St George, Old Ben, Beelzebub, the Quack Doctor, Little Devil Doubt, the Turkish Knight and Slasher, just some of the characters from the Southport Mummers who perform ancient and traditional plays in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs