LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Inner Dowsing Lightvessel
FOUR WERE STRANDED Skegness, Lincolnshire. At 8.10 a.m.
on 2nd November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two men and two boys were stranded on the Inner Dowsing lightvessel. They had secured to the...
Betsy, of Sunderland
On the night of 9th January, 1859, the schooner Betsy, of Sunderland, ran aground off Newbiggen Point, on the Northumberland Coast, the night being dark, and a strong sea setting in from the east at the time. On signals of distress being...
Irb Launches on Service During the Months June, July and August, 1971
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire Aberdovey, Merionethshire Abersoch, Caernarvonshire Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire Amble, Northumberland Arran (Lamlash), Buteshire Atlantic College, Glamorganshire Bangor, Co. Down Barmouth, Merionethshire Barrow,...
Category: Services
The Engine-Room
The two 40-h.p. Diesel engines on board the Violet Armstrong, the 46-feet Watson cabin motor life-boat, stationed at Appledore, North Devon, in 1938. The big black pipes are the exhaust! running up to the funnel.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Prince of Wales' Day In London
PRINCE OF WALES' DAY throughout Greater London was held on 8th May, and the chief feature of the day, and a great factor in the success of the appeal, was the personal visits which the Prince of Wales paid to depots in the East and South...
Category: Articles
Addition to the Life-Boat Services In May 1949
To the list of launches of life-boats in May, in which no ships in distress were found, or the life-boat was not needed, should be added Portrush, Co. Antrim, on the 25th of that month. Rewards of £7 10s. were made to the...
Category: Services
Life-Boat Launches on Service During the Months September, October, and November, 1971
LAUNCHES AND LIVES SAVED BY LIFE-BOATS AND ILBs 1st September 1971 to 30th November 1971: Launches 1,535, lives saved 285 THE ACTIVE FLEET 138 station life-boats (as at 30/11/71) 36 inshore life-boats operating in the winter LIVES RESCUED 94...
Category: Services
Thirteen
Just before daybreak on the 28th March, the wreck of the brig Thirteen, of Sunderland, was observed on the Middle Cross Sands, off Caister. It was blowing fresh from the north, with severe squalls and a considerable sea running. The...
Tom Cringle, of Thurso
On the 28th December the schooner Tom Cringle, of Thurso, N.B., went on shore on the Bondicar rocks, near Hauxley. The wind was blowing strong from the S., and a high sea running. Signals of distress having been seen from the shore, the...
Portrait of a Coxswain
Coxswain JohnW. Gerrard, of the Blackpool life-boat Maria Noble. Appointed second coxswain in 1955, Coxswain Gerrard, who became coxswain in 1965, joined the crew in 1935. Since he joined the crew, Blackpool life-boats have been launched... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs