LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The British Railways Ferry Princess Victoria (1)
On the 31st of January, 1953, the British Railways ferry Princess Victoria sank in a gale in the Irish Sea.
The Portpatrick, Donaghadee, Clou- ghey and Newcastle, Co. Down, life- boats were all launched on service.
The Merchant Fleet Auxiliary Albertross
The Life-boat Sarah Austin was called out shortly after 8 A.M. on the 27th December, the Merchant Fleet Auxiliary Albatross having stranded near Holborn Head.
When the Life-boat reached the vessel it was found that it was...
The Barges Esterel and Vampa
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—14th October, 1939. After rescuing three lives from the barge Esterel, of London, the life-boat went out to the barge Vampa, of London, but her crew were drowned.—Rewards, £10 16s..
A Seabat
Weymouth, Dorset - At 3.15 p.m. on 14th October, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a seabat had capsized five to six hundred yards off the Clock tower.
The boy on board was unable to right her. The...
Three Brothers, of Sunderland
DECEMBER 29TH. - SEAHAM, DURHAM.
About three in the afternoon a motor fishing coble was seen to be in distress to the southeast of Seaham, and at 3.43 the motor life-boat Elizabeth Wills Allen was launched, in a moderate...
Another of the Lifeboatmen's Best Friends! Littlecreeks Jack Dempsey; a Newfoundland
Another of the lifeboatmen's best friends! Littlecreeks Jack Dempsey; a Newfoundland dog well known in the canine world, who has retired from show life. Now, his owner Richard Farrington of Hoe, near Battle, a keen Shoreline member,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Charon of Styx
Flamborough and Scarborough, Yorkshire - At 5.5 p.m. on i6th February, 1967, a small yacht was reported to be in difficulties off Flamborough Head. The life-boat Friendly Forester was launched at 5.40 into a moderate south south easterly...
Mrs. Dorothy M'Gonigle, of Stockton, Who Has Given Years of Voluntary Service to the R.N.Li, As a Fund Raiser.
Mrs. Dorothy M'Gonigle, of Stockton, who has given years of voluntary service to the R.N.LI, as a fund raiser.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Eye for Detail In Lifeboat Design
IN THE AUTUMN issue we published two pictures illustrating lifeboat propeller tunnel construction.
Here to round off the story is a photograph of the same detail in a completed 48' 6" Solent slipway lifeboat. Note...
Category: Articles
Nor' Wester, of Boston U.S
On the 20th April, the ship Nor" Wester, of Boston, U.S., with a crew of 24 men, bound from Cardiff to Monte Video with a cargo of coals, was passing this place in tow of a powerful steam-tug, when the wind sud- denly shifting from S.S...