LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Lady Wolseley (1)
RAMSGATE, NORTH DEAL AND BROADSTAIRS.
—In response to a telephone message and signals fired by light-vessels, the Life-boat Bradford, in tow of the steamtug Aid, left Ramsgate harbour, and the Life-boats Mary Somerville...
A Treasure Ship In All Her Pride
The schooner Lamorna ready to sail for the South China Seas in search of Captain Kidd's treasure. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Otley All Saints First School Storm Force
Otley All Saints First School Storm Force group was started more than two years ago and has a regular membership of more than 40, aged between four and eight years.
They meet once a month or so to learn about the RNLI, to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Below: All That Remains of the Dragonfly
Below: All that remains of the Dragonfly, pulled up onto the beach the next day. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Silver Line, Boys Own, Quest and Margaret Ann
Flamborough, Yorkshire. Towards noon on the morning of the 26th of September, 1959, the weather grew worse at a time when several local fishing cobles were still at sea. The sea was rough, there was a strong northerly wind, and it was high...
Century Life-Boat Day In London
CENTURY Life-boat Day was held on 20th May, in nearly eighty of the main boroughs and urban districts of Greater London, and the Institution had the generous help of both the Duke and Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Patron of the Ladies' Life...
Category: Articles
Margaret Ann, of North Shields
Again, oa the 8th December, the barque Margaret Ann, of North Shields, stranded off Swansea during a very heavy gale.
The Life-boat put off and remained near the vessel for some hours; the crew were ultimately taken off by...
The "George Hounsfield" To-Day
She was a self-righting Life-boat, 40 feet by 10 feet; served from 1870 to 1890 and rescued 99 lives.
She now lies on the beach at Aldeburgh, where she is used as a store. In frcnt of her are Tom Cable and John Pead, the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Converted Yacht Mary Ann
St. Helier, Jersey. At 3.50 on the morning of the 20th of July, 1958, the honorary secretary received a message that a man fishing at Plemont had heard shouts and seen white flares, and that a small boat appeared to be in difficulty close to...
A Rescue on Christmas Day
Bronze Medal Service at Aberdeen.
ON the evening of Christmas Day, the Aberdeen trawler, George Stroud, with a crew of five, was steaming up the channel into Aberdeen harbour.
When about 200 yards inside...
Category: Services