LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
'We were in trouble ...'
When car ferry Princess Victoria sank in heavy seas off Northern Ireland on 31 January 1953, Billy McAllister was working onboard
Massive waves were pushing and hitting, sending her [Princess...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat House
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
Category: Articles
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Cut off by tide INFORMATION THAT A MAN had been reported cut off by the tide below the cliffs in the vicinity of the Coastguard lookout was passed to the honorary secretary of Whitby lifeboat station at 1630 on Sunday, June 5. The assembly...
Lillian
NIGHT SEARCH THE life-boat at Buckie, BanfFshire, was launched on 8th August, 1971, because the 20-foot motor ketch Lillian, which had left Findochty at 3 p.m.
for Hopeman, had not arrived at her...
The Met Office
THE WEATHER TO SAIL, OR NOT.
PORTSMOUTH BRIGHTON BOURNEMOUTH Accurate information on weather conditions is essential for all seagoing activities. You can obtain detailed descriptions of present conditions, the 24 hour...
Category: Advertisement
Remagio
JUNE 9TH. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 2.35 in the morning the coastguard telephoned to the life-boat station that a trawler was ashore half a mile north of Bamburgh Castle, and the motor life-boat Elizabeth Newton, on...
Seven Ships including the Orminster and the Browning (1)
GOLD MEDAL SERVICE AT NEWCASTLE JANUARY 21ST. - NEWCASTLE, AND CLOUGHEY, CO. DOWN. At 12.45 in the morning a message came to Cloughey from the coastguard that a steamer was ashore half a mile off Ballyquinton, and at 1.40 the life-boat...
New Assistant Secretary Appointed
MR. J. R. ATTERTON, has been appointed Assistant Secretary of the Institution.
Mr. Atterton, who is aged 44, first joined the Institution's staff in 1936 and worked in the Chief Inspector's depart- ment, and...
Category: Committee
(Left) D Class Inflatable:
(left) D class inflatable: length overall 15ft 6in; beam 6ft 4in; draught 17in; displacement 0.25 tons; maximum speed, 20 knots; range at full speed, 60 nautical miles. The D class inflatable, introduced in 1963, has a crew of two; she... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
"The Wreck of the Homeward-Bound."
WE have pleasure in introducing to our readers the following extracts from a beautiful poem entitled " The Wreck of the Homeward-Bound," by the well-known Author of " Ruins of Many Lands," " Pleasure,"...
Category: Poetry