LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
March (1)
BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. On the evening of 16th January, 1942, the steamer R. J. Cullen, of St. John’s, Newfoundland, was blown ashore at Leanish Point, on the S.E. side of Barra, by a S.E. gale, and on the 16th January, 1942, the Barra...
Category: Services
London Life-Boat Day: At Stepney. Mr. Ted Sable (Right) and some of His Helpers
London Life-Boat Day: at Stepney Mr Ted Sable (Right) and some of His Helpers. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Period Costume Is the Order of the Day at Shaldon Village Old Time Fayre
Period costume is the order of the day at Shaldon village old time fayre in Devon. Branch workers who donned period maritime costume when manning their stall were delighted when their souvenir and lottery sales practically doubled as a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Left) the Medallists Face the Press Cameras at St.Katherine Dock the Day Before the Meetings.
(Left) The medallists face the press cameras at St Katherine Dock the day before the meetings.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cub-H
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 4.0 in the afternoon, on the 29th of November, 1950, the pier-master reported that a vessel was pounding against the pier, damaging it. At 4.25 the life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No. 3 was launched in a...
The Dredging Vessel Hopper No. 4
DECEMBER 18TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN. At 2.10 in the afternoon a telephone message was received from the Bailey Lighthouse, Howth, that Hopper No.
4, a dredging vessel belonging to the Dublin Port and Docks Board, had...
Rolf Jarl
LANDING A THAMES PILOT Ramsgate, Kent.—At 4 o'clock in the morning of the 30th of November, 1947, the coxswain received a telephone call from the Margate coastguard asking for help in landing a Thames pilot from the Norwegian steamer...
A Solitary Voyager
The schoooner Happy Return, which left Sunderland with coals, was sometime since towed into Dundee by the Hull steamer Queen, with only one hand (a lad named WILLIAM CHARLTON) on board. It seems that after leaving Sun- derland, the schooner...
Category: Articles
Seylla II
Steering damaged BRONZE MEDAL AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY, 1986 found the Channel Islands in the grip of a southerly force 10 storm, which had earlier swept across most of the rest of Britain.
At 1935 St Peter Port Radio...
Buried Treasure!
Buried Treasure! Ron Warner, treasurer of Sennen Cove guild, is always looking for ways to raise RNLI funds - his latest venture, a treasure hunt, raised over £650. Using a large map of Derbyshire, Ron sectioned it off into cross... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs