LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Icelandic Coaster Tungufoss
Coaster founders AN ICELANDIC COASTER, Tungufoss, in distress four miles south of Longships Lighthouse, was reported by Land's End Coastguard to the deputy launching authority of Sennen Cove lifeboatstation at 2027 on Saturday September...
Caroline
LOWESTOFT.—At about 1.30 P.M. on the 3rd of March, the brigantine Caroline, of Faversham, bound from London for the Tyne, with a cargo of burnt ore, and carrying a crew of seven men, was seen to part from her cable in the roadstead, and in...
Books
• The first lifeboat in the Penzance area was built in 1803 to Henry Greathead's design, purchased by local subscription and a donation from Lloyd's.
Unfortunately, the early initiative faded and the boat was sold...
Category: Articles
Blooming Marvellous
The first RNLI lifeboat and slipway to be depicted entirely in flowers made its debut at the Chelsea Flower Show at the end of May.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Trawler (1)
Peterhead, Aberdeen.—2nd May. A telephone message was received from a man that he had heard on his wireless receiver a trawler calling Wick Radio to get into touch with the life-boat, as another trawler was ashore north of Buchan Ness. The...
A Steamer (10)
DEC. 2ND. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE.
A steamer was thought to be in distress fifteen to twenty miles from Bridlington, but the life-boat found that a derelict, with a cargo of oil, had been sunk by the Admiralty. and the oil...
A Dinghy (5)
JULY 2ND. - BLACKPOOL, AND LYTHAM ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A dinghy, thought to belong to a missing Wellington aeroplane, had been reported, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Blackpool, £8 2s. ; Lytham - St. Annes, £7 6s....
Spray
NOVEMBER 24TH. - WHITBY, AND RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE. The Whitby fishing boats had gone out about 9 in the morning, and a strong S.W. wind had got up, bringing a rough sea. By three in the afternoon all had returned to harbour except the coble...
The S.S. Ringdove
At about 5 A.M. on the 16th November, in reply to signals of distress, the same Life-boat proceeded to the Middle Scroby Sand, and found the s.s. Ringdove, of Liverpool, ashore there in the midst of the breakers. With great difficulty and...
Saga
CLACTON-ON-SEA.—On the afternoon of the 13th February, while a moderate gale from the N.E. was blowing and the sea was rough, a vessel was seen ashore on the Sunk Sand. The Life-boat Albert Edward was launched at 5.35, and found that the...