LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Gluckauf
FEB. 9TH - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
The German steamer Gluckauf, of Rostock, had struck the submerged wreck of the Katina Bulgaris, which had sunk the day before, but her crew were saved by the Norwegian steamer Nayland. -...
The Lobster Fishing Vessel Iris Arcain
LOBSTER FISHING VESSEL TOWED TO SAFETY Fenit, Co. Kerry. At 7.15 on the evening of the 3rd June, 1963, the honorary secretary intercepted a radio call from Valentia radio reporting a lobster fishing vessel broken down off Kerryhead. At 7.30...
Mrs Lucia Hobson Unveils the Plaque
Mrs Lucia Hobson unveils the plaque to commemorate the official opening of the RNLI's headquarters extension.
Pictured (from left to right) are the Sheriff of Poole Councillor Mrs Doreen Bugo, the Mayor of Poole and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Story of Dutch Life-Boats
Messrs. Victor Gollancz Ltd. are to be congratulated on producing under the title Wild Water an English edition of a Dutch book by Klaas Toxopeus, which has already had considerable success in the Netherlands (15s.).
Wild...
Category: Articles
Star of Faith, Seton Queen and St. Clair
ASHORE IN FOG Dunbar, East Lothian. At 5.30 p.m.
on 3rd September, 1964, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Star of Faith was ashore on the east sands in thick...
Eliza, of Middlesborough
on 16th Dec., saved 7 men from the brig Eliza, of Middlesborough..
Elizabeth, of Bridgewater
on 6th March, saved 4 men from the schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgwater.
The Train Ferry S.S. Hampton Ferry
Dover, Kent.—At 9.17 on the morn- ing of the 8th of July, 1951, during a dense fog, the Eastern Arm Signal Station reported that the train ferry, S.S. Hampton Ferry, of Dover, had collided with the breakwater. At 9.20 the life-boat Southern...
In September Mr. Edward Heath, Leader of the Conservative Party, Went Out In a R.N.L.I. Inshore Rescue Boat from the Outward Bound Sea School at Aberdovey, Glamorganshire
In September Mr. Edward Heath, leader of the Conservative Party, went out in a R.N.L.I, inshore rescue boat from the Outward Bound Sea School at Aberdovey, Glamorganshire. The man in the cap is Mr. Peter Gurnell, Outward Bound Sea School... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bessie Jones
BLACKPOOL.—On the 26th February, at 7.30 A.M., the coxswain of the Life-boat was informed that a vessel had just been seen on the Salthouse Bank with a signal of distress flying. The wind was blowing a gale from the N.W., and the sea was...