LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Elsy, of Vastervik
AUGUST 26TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 8.52 in the morning the life-boat coxswain saw a vessel lying on the Goodwin Sands.
He telephoned the coastguard station for confirmation and at 9.40 the motor life-boat Langham, on temporary...
Lifeboats In Action
THE LIFEBOAT Tyne class lifeboat ON-1116 Roben and Violet Funding Anonymous gift THE CREW Co swain Anthony Barclay Crew members Dave Jones Dave Jones IJnr] Vincent Jones Rod Pace Gary Roberts David Williams MOELFRE LIFEBOAT STATION...
Category: Services
The S.S. Aina
In response to information received from the Coast- guard, the Motor Life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 11.15 A.M. on the 13th January in a strong W.S.W. breeze, with a moderate sea, and went out to the Haisborough Sands. Finding noth-...
The Harbour Motor Launch Scout
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 3.15 on the afternoon of the 6th of October, 1955, a message was received from the pier- head at Ramsden dock that the local harbour motor launch Scout, which had a crew of two and which had put off to a dumb dredger...
The American Liberty Ship Leland Stanford
NOVEMBER 24TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 5.50 in the evening, the Deal coastguard reported a vessel aground on the Goodwin Sands. Ten minutes later the motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was launched, and found the American...
The Liberty Ship Fort St. Paul, and The Admiralty Vessel Ben My Chree
JANUARY 2ND. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 12.10 in the afternoon the naval control told the coxswain that two ships had been in collision between No. 1 and No. 2 Sea Reach Buoys. There was a thick fog, with a light westerly breeze and a...
The Newquay Fishing Vessel Talisman
St. Ives, Cornwall - At 9.12 p.m. on 22nd July, 1967, it was learnt that the Newquay fishing vessel Talisman was without fuel one mile off St. Agnes Head.
The life-boat Edgar, George Orlando and Eva Child was launched in a...
Clipper of Great Yarmouth
On the night of the 24th January, dating a heavy gale from S.S.W., guns were heard from the St.
Nicholas Light Vessel, and rockets were thrown up, indicating a vessel in distress.
The crew of the large...
At the Harwich Naming Ceremony
At the Harwich naming ceremony (left to right) Captain H. W. T. Owen, Chief Superintendent of Trinity House and chairman of the local branch; Mr. Stirling Whorlow, O.B.E, Secretary of the R.N.L.I.; the Mayoress of Harwich; Capt G.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Saunterer, of Blyth
Dunbar, Haddingtonshire. — During the afternoon of the 5th August the coastguard reported that a yacht was ashore on Tyne sands, three miles west of Dunbar. She was the sailing yacht Saunterer, of Blyth, cruising in the Firth of Forth and...