LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Barnhill (2)
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT EASTBOURNE MARCH 20TH. - EASTBOURNE, HASTINGS, AND NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX. During the night the London steamer Barnhill, of 5,430 tons, was in the English Channel on her way from Nova Scotia to London.Two of the...
The S.S. Pitwines
At 9.40 P.M. on the 13th November a telephone message was received from the Coastguard that the s.s. Pitwines was aground, about three quarters of a mile W. of Bar Buoy. The Pulling and Sailing Life-boat Harmar was launched and found the...
Wexford Station
THE Coxswain has received the following letter from one of the men rescued from the wreck of the William and Michael:— SKULMARTIN LT. SHIP, BALLYWALTER, Go. DOWN.
19th July '17.
DEAR MR. WICKHAM &...
Category: Correspondence
Abersoch Breakwater Was 'Opened' In 1927 By the Then Lord Howe Who Arrived for the Ceremony By Lifeboat
Abersoch breakwater was 'opened' in 1927 by the then Lord Howe who arrived for the ceremony by lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Small Boat (1)
The Motor Life-boat Edward Z. Dresden was launched at 1.50 P.M. on the 17th April, in a strong and gusty E. breeze with a rough sea, as the Coastguard had received a message by telephone that a small boat had capsized off Jaywick, two miles...
A Boat (1)
Poole, Dorset. At 1.10 early on the morning of the 21st July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a small boat with a man and his daughter aboard, which had left Wareham the evening before without lights, was overdue....
A Speed Boat
SPEED BOAT OUT OF FUEL Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 6.5 p.m.
on ist August, 1965, a speed boat was reported drifting out to sea off Lee-over- Sands. The people in it were waving their arms. There was a light southerly breeze...
A Speed Boat
Whitstable, Kent. At 11.30 a.m. on 2oth February, 1966, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small speedboat had broken down and appeared to be in difficulties. A helicopter from Manston had been alerted and hovered over the...
None (2)
Douglas, Isle of Man - At 11.47 a.m.
on 3rd June, 1966, it was reported that a small boy had fallen into a deep crevice in the rocks just to the north of Groudle Stream. There was a light south westerly breeze with a smooth...
Life-Boat Lost Off Weston
A LIFE-BOAT on temporary duty at the Weston-super-Mare station parted from her moorings on the afternoon of the 12th April, and was driven on to rocks and was so severely damaged that she has had to be written off as a total...
Category: Articles