LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Bluebell (1)
Dunbar, Haddingtonshire.—At 4.30 in the afternoon of the 20th of September, 1948, the coastguard reported that the motor fishing boat Bluebell, of Port Seton, with a crew of seven, had broken down nine miles to the north-east, and the motor...
Crest
Thurso, Caithness-shire.—At half past eight in the evening, on the 19th of May, 1950, a telephone call from Port Skerra reported a fishing boat flying distress signals. At 8.45 the life-boat H.C.J. was launched in a rough sea with a strong...
A Motor Boat (5)
FOUR WERE RESCUED Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 8.25 p.m.
on 24th August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a motor boat was reported to be in trouble off Port-e- Vullen in rough seas and a moderate...
A Yacht and a Motor Boat
A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
The S.S. Freden, of Stockholm
SEPTEMBER 21ST. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 3.18 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that the S.S. Freden, of Stockholm, was making for Yarmouth Roads and had asked for a doctor, as the captain was injured. A light...
News and Views
End of an era...
Whenever a station changes lifeboats there is always a degree of sadness in handing back a trusted boat, tempered by the excitement of receiving a brand new vessel in its place. The Dover station's...
Category: Articles
The Danish Steamer Marianne Toft, of Copenhagen (1)
SEPTEMBER 12TH. - PORT ERIN, AND PEEL, ISLE OF MAN. The Danish steamer Marianne Toft of Copenhagen, had sunk after collision with another vessel. Twelve of her crew landed in a ship’s boat, but ten others in another boat could not be found.-...
The Life-Boats and the War. The King's Appreciation of the Institution's Work
NOTE.—The Editor will be grateful to Hon. Secretaries, and other subscribers, for any really good photographs of wrecks, or Life-boats on service or exercise, for publication in the JOURNAL.
The Life-boats and the War.<...
Category: Correspondence
None (6)
Eighteen lifeboats at sea as storm sweeps country 'Services varied from false alarms - both with good intent and malicious - to fishing vessels and commercial passenger vessels...' The severe storms which swept much of the country on...
Biscay Pride
Eighteen lifeboats at sea as storm sweeps country 'Services varied from false alarms - both with good intent and malicious - to fishing vessels and commercial passenger vessels...' The severe storms which swept much of the country on...