LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Flower of Portsoy
Shortly after 7 P.M. on the 31st August a telephone message was received, stating that the schooner Flower of Portsoy, of Plymouth, was aground on the Platter Rocks, in Holyhead Bay.
The Cemlyn Life-boat, Anne Collin, was...
Witch of Wave
About 10 P.M.
on the 16th March the wind veered to the west and increased to a gale, and half an hour later the Coastguard reported that a ketch, which was at anchor in the bay, was making signals of...
Northern Coast, of Liverpool
Port Askaig, Islay— At 11 P.M. on the 5th December, during the height of a northerly gale, a steamer, bound north, stopped and signalled by morse to the life-boat station that a doctor was wanted. The weather was very cold, with heavy snow...
A Taste of France
Can-can girls were popular entertainers at a French Connection evening, staged by the Middelsex forum at the end of November - raising nearly £3,000 for the RNLI.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Oban Ladies' Guild Organised Its First Raft Race on May 23 Although It Was A
Oban ladies' guild organised its first raft race on May 23. Although it was a chilly Saturday, a large crowd turned out to watch and about £2,500 was raised in sponsorship and other contributions. First place went to—but, of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Upernavik, of Esbjerg
On 5th December, 1970, m.f.v. Upernavik of Esbjerg with five people on board went ashore at Bressay. The Lerwick, Shetland, life-boat Southern Africa on temporary duty at the station slipped her moorings at 1.2. There was a westerly gale...
Silver Quest (2)
Five lifeboats in long search for lost fishermen Newcastle, Co. Down's, Oakley class lifeboat Jane Hay and Portaferry's Atlantic 21 Blue Peter V took part in long searches for the two crewmen from a fishing boat Silver Quest which...
Selina, of Swansea
— On the 27th March, the schooner Selina, of Swansea, was totally wrecked on the Outer Stag Rocks, during a strong N.N.E. wind. The Anna Maria life-boat was quickly launched, but before she could reach the vessel, the master and a boy had...
Sapphire, of Glasgow
Newhaven, and Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—Early in the morning of the 2nd December, 1937, the motor vessel Sapphire, of Glasgow, bound for Ghent, had trouble with her engine when some miles off the coast between Newhaven and Shoreham. The...
Ranger of Lune (1)
Padstow, Cornwall - At 8.47 a.m. on 2yth May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Ranger of Lune had engine trouble and was in difficulties twenty-five miles west of Trevose Head. There was a gentle...