LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ireland, of Liverpool
On the i afternoon of the 5th January, information reached this place that a large ship, with her foremast gone, was in distress 'in Car- digan Bay, about eight miles to the south- ward of Pencilan. The wind was blowing very strong at...
Vasilefs Georgios and Kildonan
At 1.30 A.M. on the 10th February, during a moderate S.S.W. gale the Coastguard reported to the Coxswain of the Life-boat John Wesley, that rockets had been observed in Barry Roads.
The Life-boat was launched and found the...
Naming Ceremony at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
LADY MOTTISTONE named a new motor life-boat at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, on 5th September. The new boat is of the 46-feet Watson cabin type de- scribed on page 194. She is the first motor life-boat to be built with Diesel instead of petrol...
Category: Inaugurations
In Support of Tyneside Lifeboat Appeal a Twa Holiday for Two In the Usa Was Offered As a Prize In a Special Draw Which Brought In £4820 Here Present at the Draw on Independence Day July 4
In support of Tyneside lifeboat appeal, a TWA holiday for two in the USA was offered as a prize in a special draw which brought in £4,820. Here, present at the draw on Independence Day, July 4, are (/. to r.): Graeme Stanton, editor of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Small Yacht
JUNE 30TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 1.40 in the morning a telephone message came from the relatives of three young men who had left Keyhaven during the afternoon for a trip in a small yacht and had not returned. The motor life-boat...
(Right) the Rigid Hull Is Divided Into Watertight Compartments By Five Longitudinal Wooden Box Girders and Seven Transverse Watertight Bulkheads
(Right) the rigid hull is divided into watertight compartments by five longitudinal wooden box girders and seven transverse watertight bulkheads . . .. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A wild February night in 1923 sees the exhausted crew of Adolf Vinnen hauled to safety by breeches buoy
A wild February night in 1923 sees the exhausted crew of Adolf Vinnen hauled to safety by breeches buoy. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dayspring
DUNCANNON, WATEHFORD HARBOUR.— On the 3rd March, at about 1.15 P.M., a vessel was seen to be striking heavily on the Bar. The Life-boat Richard and Ann Warner was got out, but owing to the state of the tide, and to the wind being in a S.S.E....
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Mr Humphrey Atkins An Ex-Naval Officer Takes the Wheel of the 46Ft 9In Watson Lady Scott (Civil Service No 4) on a Visit to Portrush Lifeboat Station Last Se
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Mr Humphrey Atkins, an ex-naval officer, takes the wheel of the 46ft 9in Watson Lady Scott (Civil Service No. 4) on a visit to Portrush lifeboat station last September. He was accompanied by Mrs Atkins... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lulu
YACHT IN HEAVY WEATHER OFF NEEDLES Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 6.46 a.m.
on Monday the 26th August, 1963, the Needles coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht approximately one mile west of the Brook look-out...