LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
RNLI In Action
High and dry Tobermory's Elizabeth Fairtie Ramsey launched three times between 620am and 5pm on 10 March 2006 to a 16m fishing vessel run aground and listing heavily off Calve Island in Strathclyde (see above).
When the...
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The S.S. Dublin
DEC. 19TH. -GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE. At 11 A.M. a message was received from the Ballantrae Coastguard that the S.S. Dublin, of Belfast, had stranded on the Breast Rocks near Turnberry, about five miles north of Girvan. A light easterly breeze was...
The Cullercoats Motor Life-Boat
APRIL 22ND. - TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
The Cullercoats motor lifeboat had capsized on exercise, but the Tynemouth life-boat was unable to find any of her crew, six of whom were lost.-Rewards, £9 3s. (A full account...
and on Her Way to the 'Casualty'
. . . and on her way to the 'casualty' . . .. - View image in PDF
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The S.S. Dalegarth
— The Motor Life-boat James Stevens No. 14 was called out at 11.15 A.M. on the 26th November to the assistance of the s.s. Dalegarth, of Newcastle, which had stranded on the Sunk Sands. When the Life-boat reached the vessel the Master...
(Above) Mrs Jacqueline Gurney Wife of John Gurney, the Secretary of the Equity and Law
(above) Mrs Jacqueline Gurney wife of John Gurney, the secretary of the Equity and Law Social Club, names the new relief fleet D class lifeboat AXA Life Inshorer. Staff officer (operations) Michael Pennell keeps a wary eye on the proceedings... - View image in PDF
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The S.S. Larchfield
Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 1.55 early on the morning of the 24th of February, 1953, the coastguard reported that a wireless message had been intercepted indicating that the S.S. Larchfield, of Liverpool, was ashore near Carmel Head, in Holyhead...
(Left) Flag Day Supplies: There Is a Constant Flow of Collecting Boxes Flags and Publicity Material to and from Branches and Guilds In the South South West and Midlands
(Left) Flag day supplies: there is a constant flow of collecting boxes, flags and publicity material to and from branches and guilds in the south, south west and midlands.. - View image in PDF
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The Manchester Unity
The Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows how she appeared in her early days (above right) and (below), how she looks today with cockpit shelter and radar mast.. - View image in PDF
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Victorian photographer’s art of glass
In a nod to his craft’s Victorian heritage, one Newcastle-based photographer is visiting every lifeboat station with his 110-year-old camera and glass plate technology.
Using a former NHS ambulance as a mobile darkroom,...
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