LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Ketches The Norvic and The Doric
At about 11 A.M.
on the 19th August information was received that two large ketches had stranded on the N.W. part of the Margate sand. The weather at the time being very unsettled with a strong N.N.W. breeze and choppy...
Morvina
Stromness, Orkney.—On the morning of the 13th May the coastguard telephoned that a trawler was ashore on Kili Holm, in the Westray Firth, and that it was doubtful if local boats could establish communication. A moderate S.E. breeze was...
Woodlark and Fishing Vessel Saphir
Sennen Cove, Cornwall.—At 4.35 in the morning of the llth of October, 1948, the coastguard reported a message from the British steamer Woodlark that she had collided with and sunk the fishing vessel Saphir, of Camaret, three miles north-west...
Silanion
Longhope, Orkney, and Thurso, Caith- ness-shire.—The Longhope motor life- boat Thomas McCunn was launched at 11.30 P.M., and the Thurso motor life-boat H.C.J. at 11 P.M., on the 25th February, as news had been received from the coastguard...
Vestal
SOUTHEND, ESSEX. — Signals having been fired by the Nore Light-vessel on the night of the 19th January, the Lifeboat Theodore and Herbert was launched at 11 o'clock in a rough sea and a strong S.S.W. breeze, which afterwards increased to...
A Noteworthy Jubilee
FIFTY years ago, i.e. on the 20th of Octo- ber, 1842, there was laid to rest in her early grave, amid the stormy surround- ings of her short life, one of the greatest heroines the world has ever known. After this lapse of time the story of...
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Relief Fleet - Atlantic 75 Susan Peacock
Susan Peacock, the first of the new Atlantic 75s, is put through her paces shortly before her naming ceremony. - View image in PDF
The new 75', a direct development of the Atlantic 21 , will gradually replace the 21 .. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
John Robert, White Rose and Little Madge (1)
Cromer, and Sheringham, Norfolk.—On the morning of the 2nd April the fishing boats John Robert and White Rose, of Cromer, and Little Madge, of Sheringham, each with a crew of two, put to sea in fine weather. The weather changed, and at about...
Charles Boyes
MAY 25TH. - CAISTER, AND, GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK.
At 12.20 P.M. a heavy explosion was heard at Caister, and later it was learnt that the trawler Charles Boyes, engaged in Admiralty service, had been mined...
January 1881: Three Weeks of Storms and Blizzards Just a Hundred Years Ago By Ray Kipling Public Relations Officer
A CENTURY AGO lifeboat crews were nearly all fishermen who spent most of their time working at sea and were well used to long periods of exposure in harsh conditions. Their lifeboats, although the best of their day, were simple open boats...
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