LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Small Boat
Swanage, Dorset.—On the morning of the 13th July a visitor set out from Boscombe in a small boat with theobject of rowing to Swanage. He had no knowledge of the tides and got into difficulties. At 3.20 P.M. he was seen by the Swanage...
Scarborough Tragedy
ON the morning of the 8th of December, 1954, the weather worsened while Scarborough fishing boats were at sea, and at 11.40 the Scarborough life-boat E.C.J.R., a 35-feet 6-inches selfrighting boat, was launched to escort them...
Category: Services
Life-Boat Services In 1892
Agenese, brig, of Sandefjord—as- sisted to save vessel.
Alice, ketch, of Milford 2 Alonso, 8.8., of Hull 7 Arbroath fishing boats—remained in attendance.
Arne,& schooner.of Soon—assisted to...
Category: Articles
Youghals Atlantic 21 In Full Cry
Youghals Atlantic 21 In Full Cry. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
33Ft Brede Class
A 33FT BREDE class lifeboat, 33-02, is now at Oban undergoing station evaluation trials.
The Brede is a new type of lifeboat based on a commercial GRP hull. As a result of initial development work her wheelhouse has been...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Spidola
Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 8.10 in the morning of the 14th of February, 1948, the coastguard reported that a vessel had gone ashore in a thick fog to the south-east of the South Stack Light- house, and at 8.32 the motor life-boat A.E.D. was...
Floran
Girvan, Ayrshire. — At 8.20 on the evening of the llth of September, 1952, the Portpatrick coastguard telephoned that the Turnberry lighthouse-keeper had reported that an auxiliary yacht had stopped, but was using a small sail between...
The Bar Lightship
During a moderate N.N.E. gale on the night of 30th September, the Bar light-ship broke loose from her moorings and commenced to drift towards the banks. Her position was one of considerable danger, and signals of distress attracted the...
Crossing the Bar
A trawler entering Aberdeen Harbour on 29th January, 1937. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Bar Lightvessel
DEAD MAN REMOVED FROM LIGHTVESSEL New Brighton, Cheshire. At approximately 9.35 on the morning of Saturday the 24th August, 1963, the Marine Department of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board informed the honorary secretary that a member of...