LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Progress
Whitby, and Scarborough, Yorkshire.— On the morning of the 23rd of Novem- ber, 1955, the Whitby fishing fleet were still at sea in worsening weather, and it was thought advisable that a life-boat should stand by the harbour bar to escort...
Forrester
Search in dense fog A FLARE IN CHAPMAN'S POOL was reported to the deputy launching authority of Swanage lifeboat station at 2130 on Monday, June 14. Visibility was clear at the Coastguard lookout but there was a dense fog bank at sea...
Collach, of Coll
Mallaig, Inverness-shire - At 5.40 p.m. on 5th September, 1966, a boat was reported to be overdue between Tirea and Coll. The life-boat EMM. Gordon Cubbin left her moorings at 5.50 in a gale force south westerly wind and a rough sea. It was...
The Life-boats of Ramsgate and Margate at Dunkirk
EVACUATION OF MEN OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE AND THE FRENCH ARMY FROM DUNKIRK.* THE WORK OF THE LIFE-BOATS OF RAMSGATE AND MARGATE.
At 1.15 in the afternoon of Thursday, the 30th of May, 1940, the Ministry of...
June (1)
JUNE MEETING HAROLDSWICK, UNST, SHETLANDS. At 7.40 A.M. on the 15th April, 1940. the subpostmaster at Haroldswick reported to the coastguard that a small ship’s boat, with men on board, had been seen in Haroldswick Bay about a mile from the...
Category: Services
An Eye for Detail In Lifeboat Design
FREE PASSAGE OF AIR into engine room and cabins of a motor boat under way is essential to both machinery and man.
Without it, engines cannot run and the well-being and efficiency of the crew would soon be impaired. It...
Category: Articles
December Passage. The Journey of the St. Albans from Cowes to New Quay
By Commander E. W. Middleton, V.R.D., R.N.V.R., Western District Inspector of Life-boats BY some unfortunate chance, new lifeboats seem to make a habit of being ready for delivery during the winter months. But one can experience good weather...
Category: Articles
The American Steamer Byron Darnton, of Baltimore
MARCH 16TH - 17TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE, AND PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE. Soon after eleven o’clock on the night of the 16th the Southend coastguard reported to the Campbeltown life-boat station that a ship was ashore...
Our Sailors
THE tide is full, the wind is fair, The hour is striking now, And word goes round, with hearty cheer, "Up anchor to the bow." The capstan creaks as bars are manned By sailors stout and true; The captain smiles as from the strand...
Category: Poetry
New Life-Boats
PORT LOGAN, WIGTOWNSHIRE.—It will be remembered that in the number of the Life-Boat Journal issued in Novem- ber last it was mentioned that the boat on this station had been replaced by a new Life-boat of the latest self-righting type...
Category: Inaugurations