LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Nigerian Fish-Factory Ship Azu
Lifeboat rescues 33 crew from grounded ship in gales and darkness A difficult service in very poor conditions in which 33 seamen were taken off grounded fish factory ship has led to Coxswain Mechanic Hewitt Clark of Lerwick lifeboat station...
Slaughden, a Mile and Half South of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, Was Once a Busy Port. In the Late 1950S, When This Photograph Was Taken, the Longshoremen There Were Advertising Their Various Skills By
Slaughden, a mile and half south of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, was once a busy port. In the late 1950s, when this photograph was taken, the longshoremen there were advertising their various skills by means of painted signs.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Clai
Dover, Kent. At 6.10 on the evening of the 12th of July, 1959, the coastguardinformed the honorary secretary that a yacht was burning red flares two miles off Leathercoat Point. A Dutch tug had gone to her help and had connected a tow line....
Marlene
Appledore, Devon - At 4.4 p.m. on I4th September, 1966, concern was felt for the safety of a barge which had been moored on the gravel bank northwards of Crow Point, on the morning tide. Her crew of four had reboarded her when she dried out....
Fishing Cobles (1)
On the morning of the 9th February the Cox- swain of the Life-boat Queensbury went off in his coble, intending to go to his crab-pots. When well outside the break- water he found the sea very heavy and increasing. Knowing that several...
Dragonfly and Xanadu
Rough conditions for Brighton's Atlantic Ashort but difficult service by Brighton's Atlantic 75 last December has earned two of her crew the Institution's Thanks on Vellum. Prompt action, good seamanship, a brave swim in rough...
Severn
The Severn is the largest of the fleet and is designed to lie afloat.. - View image in PDF
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The Motor Fishing Boats Victory and Billows Crown
St. Abbs, Berwickshire. — On the morning of the 20th August a strong gale blew up from the south-east, with driving rain and a rough sea. As the local motor fishing boats Victory and Billows Crown were still at sea, the motor life-boat Helen...
Ocea
Steering failure LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of New Brighton lifeboat station at 1400 on Sunday August 29, 1982, that the yacht Ocea was acting in an erratic manner and appeared to be in difficulties just north of...
Taking the wheel
‘Being able to do something for someone – giving them that extra chance – you just feel pleased that you’ve done it,’ says Jennie Court, before our interview is brought to a sudden halt. We’re interrupted by the shrill ringing of a bell from...
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