LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Carlotta
MAY 5TH. - FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.
Early in the afternoon the auxiliary yacht Carlotta left Glasson Dock, with a party of five aboard, for a pleasure trip to the Isle of Man. She got into difficulties and anchored, and was...
Franziska
PALLING.—During a strong wind from the N.E. with a heavy sea and foggy weather, the No. 2 Life-boat, British Workman, put off at 6 P.M. on the 15th of April to the assistance of the barque Franziska, of Porsgrund, Norway, bound from that...
Liberator
WEXFORD.—The fishing-yawl Liberator, of Wexford, grounded on the N.E. side of the Dogger'Bank, while returning to port from the fishing grounds in a strong N.W. gale and a rough sea on the 5th January. The Life-boat Andrew Pickard...
A Spitfire Aeroplane (4)
JUNE 19TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. At 6.46 in the morning the St. Leonard’s coastguard called up the life-boat coxswain. An aeroplane was down in the sea. A strong north-east wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. Owing to a sand bank, the...
The Harbour Tug Adur II
On the afternoon of the 2nd October the coast- guard reported that the Shoreham Harbour tug Adur II, while towing a hopper out to sea, had fouled^her propeller, and was drifting on to a lee shore. A strong, and increasing, S. breeze was...
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
MONTROSE, FORFARSHIRE.—On the evening of the 1st January one of the fishermen reported that a vessel was showing a light, evidently in close proximity to the Annat Bank. The Life-boatmen were at once assembled and the No. 1 Life-beat Sarah...
Category: Services
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Bottom: The Anne Allen, Skegness Lifeboat From 1932–53 Including The War Years
Bottom:The Anne Allen, Skegness lifeboat from 1932–53 including the War years. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Isabelle of Dinan
Very early on the morning of the 12th September, a most furious gale suddenly sprang up on this coast. A few hours afterwards the wind had somewhat moderated, and the lugger Jsabelk, of Dinan, France, attempted to enter Padstow Harbour, but,...
Alcinous
DUNGENESS, KENT.—On the 6th April the Coastguard watchman informed the coxswain of the Life-boat B.A.O.E. that a large steamer had stranded on the Newcome Sand. He at once summoned the crew and at 6.15 p.m. the boat was launched. A strong...