LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Urla
The Crew of the Motor Life-boat Edward Z, Dresden were assembled at 2.28 A.M. on 10th February, as the Coastguard had reported that the s.s. Urla, of London, was aground on the Gunfleet Sands. At 2.50, however, news was received from North...
The Arun and Fab 3 (Left)
Almost every aspect of boat design is linked. A larger lifeboat, like the Arun or new FAB prototypes, needs a cut-away section amidships to bring the deck close enough to the water to recover survivors. This cut-away section removes volume... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Okeanis
Penlee, Cornwall. On the 27th December, 1961, news was received at the life-boat station that the s.s. Okeanis of Piraeus, which was bound for Lon- don, had a sick man on board who needed a doctor. At 6.10 the life-boat Solomon Browne was...
Aileena, of Glasgow
JUNE 5TH. - PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. At eleven in the morning the Castletown coastguard reported a small yacht in Derbyhaven Bay flying a signal. A later message said that she had lost her small boat and that her cable had parted. A...
Coxswain John Fox (Right) and His Son Michael Were Both In the Crew of Shoreham Lifeboat Dorothy and Philip Constant When on August 5 Albin Ballad and Her Crew
Coxswain John Fox (right) and his son Michael were both in the crew of Shoreham Lifeboat Dorothy and Philip Constant when, on August 5, Albin Ballad and her crew of three were rescued during a south westerly gale force 9. Coxswain Fox, who... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Opening of the Grace Darling Memorial Museum
Procession from St. Aldan's Church.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fred Thomson, of Dundee
WINCHELSEA.—On the 21st January, at 2.30 A.M. the Life-boat Storm Sprite was launched, in consequence of signals of distress being observed from the brig Fred Thomson, of Dundee, which vessel, while on a voyage from Boston to London, had got...
Reporting to the Coxswain. Coxswain Henry Parr, of Blackpool
Reporting To The Coxswain Coxswain Henry Parr of Blackpool. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In the Great Gale of November 23rd, 1938
In The Great Gale of November 23rd 1938. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs