LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rose of England and Yewdale
FEBRUARY 3 RD. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. At 8.35 A.M. a fisherman reported that two ships were being attacked by enemy aircraft. This was confirmed by the coastguard. A light breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 8.45 A.M. the motor...
The Kingsbridge Packet Steamer
During a strong wind and heavy sea, on the 18th August, the Life-boat Rescue was taken afloat for exercise. While she was out the Kingsbridge Packet steamer left that har- bour, bound for Plymouth, and shortly after passing the Salcombe...
Pride of Rosslare
OCTOBER 15TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO.
WATERFORD. Distress signals were seen from a fishing vessel in Waterford Harbour, and at 6.10 P.M. the motor life-boat Annie Blanche Smith was launched. A strong S.W. wind was blowing, and...
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...
(Left) Lady Saltoun Receives Her Bouquet Following Her Address and the Presentation of Awards. Photos Nia/L Hartley Photography
(Left) Lady Saltoun Receives Her Bouquet Following Her Address and The Presentation of Awards. Photos Nia/L Hartley Photography. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Converted Yacht Mary Ann
St. Helier, Jersey. At 3.50 on the morning of the 20th of July, 1958, the honorary secretary received a message that a man fishing at Plemont had heard shouts and seen white flares, and that a small boat appeared to be in difficulty close to...
The Hull Form of the Waveney Is Shown Clearly As the First Uk-Built Boat (44-002)
The hull form of the Waveney is shown clearly as the first UK-built boat (44-002) undergoes her righting trial in October 1966. - View image in PDF
Note the flat sections aft to promote planing.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
St. Austell, of Barnstaple
St. Ives, Cornwall.—Early on the morning of the 13th June the coastguard telephoned that a vessel about five miles N.N.E. of Clodgy Point was making distress signals. A moderate N.N.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor...