LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Neco Marine Ltd
Automatic Pilot To hold a set course in most conditions Repeater Compass For easy reading and optimum siting Electric Capstan Push-button control of 650 Ibs pull Anchor Windlass 1,600 Ibs pull from 12-220 volt D.C. supply Dinghy Hoists For...
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Penny Ann
Tynemouth, Northumberland.—At 3.45 on the afternoon of the 1st of October, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that a sailing dinghy seemed to be in diffi- culties about a mile off the Tyne entrance. The sea was rough and a • moderate westerly...
Sugar Creek
POUNDING AGAINST PIER Dover, Kent. At 7.20 a.m. on 2gth November, 1965, the owner of the yacht Sugar Creek informed the life-boat mechanic that the yacht, from which he had just swum, had broken loose from her moorings in the inner harbour...
Today's Lifeboatmen
John Devereux, 43, of Kilmore Quay lifeboat station joined the crew in 1968 and served as assistant motor mechanic in the years from April 1974 to January 1982, when he was appointed coxswain.
On Christmas Eve 1977, Kilmore...
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New Ways of Raising Money
MRS. BOUTWOOD, honorary secretary of the Stanmore branch, has been holding gramophone evenings for young people, contributions for the entertainment being given to the Life- boat Service.
An unusual dance for those in their...
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Naming Ceremonies of Motor Life-Boats
Exmouth, Devon; Fenit (Tralee Bay), Co. Kerry; Dungeness, Kent; Longhope, Orkneys.
THE Exmouth naming ceremony was held on 29th August in the presence of nearly 8,000 people. Among those taking part in the ceremony were...
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Spes Melior II
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—At 1.20 early on the morning of the 1st of May, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel had gone ashore at North Head.
At 1.45 the life-boat Julia Park Barry, of Glasgow was launched. There...
Febo
PENARTH, GLAMORGANSHIRE.—At 1 P.M.
on the 14th October the barque Febo, of Genoa, exhibited signals of distress, having lost her fore and mainmasts, and having parted from three chain cables.
A steam-tug...
Sailing in memory
Friends of Andrew Bridge, the 21-year-old skipper of the lost yacht Cheeki Rafiki, set sail in his memory in August to raise money for the RNLI.
The trio took part in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. Despite...
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Vanguard
NORTH SUNDERLAND.—The steam trawler Vanguard, of Sunderland, was seen near the outer Fame Island making signals of distress, during squally weather, at about 2 P.M. on the 1st April. As the sea was too heavy for ordinary boats to put off,...