LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Ferry
If there was ever any doubt that the RNLI's technical team designs its lifeboats so that they are sturdy enough to face the worst possible conditions, then the events of Sunday. 9 September were surely proof enough.
At...
Coniston
Signals of distress were observed from the schooner Coniston, of Barrow, at about 9.30 A.M.
on the 18th March, when the vessel was lying at anchor off Skerries Harbour.
The coxswain of the Life-boat...
Katie
During a moderate S.W. gale on the 13th December, the schooner Katie, of Car- narvon, stranded to thenorthof Braunton Lighthouse and made signals of distress.
In response, the No. 1 Life-boat Jane Hannah MacDonald was...
Why She ? It Seems Just As a Term of Familiarity, Affection and Endearment, Perhaps Encouraged By the Original Frequency of Obviously Female Figureheads on the Ships of Old.
Why she ? It seems just as a term of familiarity, affection and endearment, perhaps encouraged by the original frequency of obviously female figureheads on the ships of old.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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— On the evening of the 26th January, the coast- guard reported that a vessel was on fire about seven miles east of the Mull of Galloway. A moderate north gale was blowing, with a moderate to rough sea, and the weather was very...
A Boat and a Catamaran
Committee boat A RACE had been organised for dinghies at Blackpool Light Craft Club off Squires Gate on Saturday afternoon, June 13, 1981, but it was cancelled because of rising wind and sea. All the dinghies came ashore unaided but the...
The Sea Cadet Boats Rosie and Black Cap
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 8.40 on the evening of the 23rd of July, 1955, the Formby coastguard reported that the Sea Cadet pinnace Rosie was ashore on Devil's Bank in the river Mersey off Garston. At 8.50 the life- boat Norman 13....
The Southend-On-Sea Life-Boat Taking the Plunge
The Southend-On-Sea Life-Boat Taking The Plunge. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Golden Gleam, Moonbeam and the Sea Flower
Boulmer, Northumberland - At 6.55 p.m. on I7th July, 1967, a message was received that the weather was deteriorating and three fishing cobles were still at sea. The life-boat Robert and Dorothy Hardcastle was launched at 7.25 in a strong...
John Hartland, a Helmsman of the D Class Inshore Lifeboat at Withernsea
John Hartland, a helmsman of the D class inshore lifeboat at Withernsea, joined the lifeboat crew in 1987.
In 1991 he was awarded a Bronze medal in recognition of his high standard of seamanship and great courage, when on... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs