LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Elinor and Mary, of Milford
About noon of the 14th of November, during a terrible gale from the N.E., signals of distress were hoisted on board vessels at anchor in Fishguard Koads. The No. 1 Life-boat, Sir Edward Perratt, was at once launched; but before she could...
Jane Smith, of Arbroath
ARBROATH.—On the 25th February the People's Journal No. 2 Life-boat put off and remained by the fishing yawl Jane Smith, of Arbroath, until that vessel had crossed the bar and got safely into port during an E.N.E. wind and a heavy...
Prince of Wales' Day In London. The Prince Leaving the Library Hall, Whitechapel
The Prince Leaving The Library Hall Whitechapel. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Auxiliary Drifter Industry
APRIL 13TH. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 3.23 in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that a fishing vessel, under sail, was a quarter of a mile east of Berwick pier. She was trying to enter the harbour, but was unable to do...
Ellen, of Llanelly
Two days afterwards the same Life-boat was again launched during a gale from the S.S.W., and in a heavy sea, and assisted the barque Elltn, of Llanelly, into a place of safety, she being in distress at the time.
It was not...
The Motor Fishing Coble Shiela
JANUARY 21ST. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
As the local motor fishing coble Shiela was long overdue, and could not be seen, the motor life-boat The Cuttle was launched at 5.55 in the evening, as night was coming on, to look for her....
Councillor Mrs Sheila Mcqueen Mayor of Bournemouth
Councillor Mrs Sheila McQueen, Mayor of Bournemouth, sets Bournemouth lifeboat dav on its way, buying the first sticker from ladies' guild chairman, Mrs Majorie Agar. The total collected in flag week 1982 by all Bournemouth branches and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Cornwood
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.— At 2.50 in the afternoon of the 5th of May, 1949, the police informed the life-boat coxswain that the S.S. Corn- wood, of Hartlepool, outside the harbour, had a sick man aboard in urgent need of help,...
The S.S. Hilary
APRIL 9TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
At 1.22 in the morning the coastguard reported that the 7,000-ton S.S. Hilary, of Liverpool, was ashore at Carmel Head. She was homeward bound from Brazil to Liverpool with general cargo...
The S.S. Ardlethen
PALLING, NORFOLK.—The Life-boat Hearts of OaJc was launched at 12.7 p.m.
on the 17th March, signal guns having been heard in the direction of the Hasborough Sands apparently fired from the Would Light-Vessel. A dense fog...