LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Stamp Collection
COBO Rainbow Guides, pictured here with former lifeboatman John Webster, have been busy collecting thousands of stamps to raise money for the RNLI. The rainbows, aged between five and seven, have been collecting the stamps as part of their... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
D Class
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Peterborough Beer Festival 'It's a well-chosen boat for the area, with people getting cut off by the tide on the offshore rocks.'. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Katina Bulgaris
FEB. 8TH.. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
The Greek steamer Katina Bulgaris, of Andros, had collided with the American steamer Meanticut and sank, but the Meanticut rescued her crew. - Permanent paid crew : Rewards, £1 0S....
A Fishing Boat
JANUARY 15TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
A fishing boat had been reportedin distress, with a trawler standing by, but the life-boat arrived to find the trawler gone and no one on board the fishing boat. It was learned later...
Georg, of Kiel
AUGUST 6TH. - BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND.
The motor tanker Georg, of Kiel, had been forced by bad weather and trouble with her engine to leave a convoy and seek shelter, but she was able to repair the engine and go on her way....
A Rowing Boat (6)
JULY 2ND. - COVERACK, CORNWALL.
A rowing boat with a man aboard had been reported missing, but nothing could be found.
- Rewards, £16 11s. (See Porthoustock, "Services by Shore-boats,” page...
Gardar and Miguel de Larrinaga
MAY 21ST. -WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE.
The trawler Gardar, of Iceland, had been sunk in collision with the steamer Miguel de Larrinaga, but the latter picked up the majority of the Gardar’s crew, and the lifeboat found only...
From the Fighting Services.
The fighting services have again been most generous with their help. Between them last year they gave over £12,000. The Nary gave seven times as much as in the last yeat of peace; the Air Force eight times as much; the Army tifteen...
Category: Articles
King Oscar
On the night of the 10th January the Norwegian barque King Oscar ran ashore on the rocks off Newbiggin Point. The Newbiggin life- boat put off, and succeeded, with some dif- ficulty, in getting on board the crew, 14 in number, and one woman,...
The Iron Barque Atlantic, of Swansea
In consequence of information brought into this port by the fishing smack Summer Cloud, at noon on the 12th April, the steam-tug Vulcan left the harbour with the Life-boat Bradford in tow, and made for the Long Sand, a shoal at the entrance...