LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Wreck of the "Endeavour."
ON the 6th of May last a small schooner, the Endeavour, of Ipswich, was driven on shore in Polkerris Bay, about one mile north-west of Fowey, on the south coast of Cornwall. As soon as her perilous situa- tion was observed, the Coast-guard...
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Wreck of the Columbus
A LAMENTABLE case of wreck, attended with great loss of life, and one highly dis- creditable to our country, we regret to say, occurred at the Hook Point, Waterford, early in the present year. We would gladly be spared the pain of recording...
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Wreck of the 'Pomona'
Os the morning of the 30th April, 1859, one of the most disastrous wrecks on record occurred on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Channel, by which melancholy event no less than 385 persons perished.
The American clipper...
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Frank Picks the Winners
On 29 January Frank Bruno and Sooty drew the winning tickets for the RNLI's 84th lottery. The two celebrities were starring in Goldilocks and the Three Bears at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton - Frank as the Grand Ringmaster and Sooty... - View image in PDF
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Frank Shaw, of North Shields
On the 20th Oct., 1869, the ship Frank Shaw, of North Shields, was totally wrecked, during a very heavy gale of wind, on the Goodwin Sands. She had sought shelter in the Downs, but was compelled .to slip her cable and try fresh anchorage off...
Wreck of H.M.S. Anson
THE following narrative of the wreck of H.M.S. Anson will, we doubt not, be read with interest. Certainly, it is not a recent occurrence; but there are incidents in it, as in many others of a similar character, which are deserving of being...
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The Wreck of the "Islander."
A TRAGIC disaster occurred on the coast of Cornwall during a severe gale which struck the coast towards the end of August, when the cutter Islander, of the Royal Yacht Squadron, was driven ashore in Lantivet Bay, about three miles from Fowey...
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The Wreck of the "Schiller."
ON Friday, the 7th May last, occurred another of those fearful calamities which, like the foundering of the London and the Northfleet, ever and anon startle the whole British community, and serve to remind us of the uncertainty and...
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Lionel Lukin - Lifeboat Inventor By Frank Martin
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the patenting of Lionel Lukin's 'unimmergible boat', the first craft ever to be designed specifically for saving human life at sea. Frank Martin, honorary treasurer of the Hythe branch of...
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Frank Lawrence Second Coxswain of St.Helier Lifeboat
Frank Lawrence, second coxswain of St Helier lifeboat, competed in the Jersey half marathon and raised £400 for the RNLI, while his running partner Mrs Linda Cook raised a further £110. Frank and Linda are pictured presenting the... - View image in PDF
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