LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Romanian Cargo Ship Savinesti
Blizzard ON THURSDAY MORNING February 15 a Romanian cargo ship, Savinesti, with 28 people on board was reported in distress 125° 37.5 miles from Spurn Point; she had engine failure and was dragging her anchor. After liaison (made more...
'An angel in yellow'
How does it feel to be saved by a lifeboat crew? Bruce Dibben was grateful and humble enough to send a letter of thanks to his rescuers …
‘I would like to pay tribute to my rescuers from Tenby...
Category: Articles
The Norwegian Screw Steamer Woodham
On the 1st Feb. the Resent, the Life-boat of this station, was transported by land to Chilton Chine, and launched in a heavy S.E. gale and snowstorm, to the assistance of the Norwegian screw steamer Woodham.
The Life-boat...
Annie
CHAPEL, LINCOLNSHIRE.—A vessel was observed with two jibs set and signals of distress flying in her main rigging, about a mile from the shore, during a very strong breeze from the S. by E. and a heavy sea, at 9 A.M. on the 16th November. The...
Cover Picture
COVER PICTURE The cover for the first issue of THE LIFEBOAT for 1974—the RNLI's 150th yearis reproduced from an old coloured lantern slide believed to have formed part of 'the first advertising campaign for RNLI on magic lantern...
Category: Drawings
Caland
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—On the 30th of April, 1957, Lloyd's agent telephoned to say that the motor vessel Caland, of Rotterdam, on passage from Grangemouth to Brest, had a sick man on board and was making for Yarmouth...
New Ways of Raising Money
three months from April to June 1956 life-boats went out 28 times to the help of vessels of foreign countries.
The countries concerned were the Argentine, Belgium, Costa Rica, Den- mark, France, Germany, Italy, Li- beria,...
Category: Donations
The Danish Coaster Petit Folmer
Cargo shifted A MAYDAY distress call was received from the small Danish coaster Petit Folmer at 1025 on the morning of Thursday December 8, 1983, reporting that she was taking water, listing and needed assistance; she was 2l/2 miles east of...
A Yacht (1)
AUGUST 2ND. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN;. At 5.40 P.M. the police telephoned that a small yacht had overturned about half a mile out at sea, and that three persons were clinging to it. A light squally N. wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. The...
None (5)
Salcombe, Devon. At 5.16 on the afternoon of the 1st of September, 1958, the coastguard at Bolt Head told the honorary secretary that a woman had fallen over a cliff between Sewer Mill Cove and Bolberry Down. The life- boat Samuel and Marie...