LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rito (1)
Submerged object struck HM COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Filey lifeboat station at 2048 on Tuesday December 20, 1983, that the coaster Rito was in difficulty three miles north east of Filey Brigg.
Water was...
The Cromer Motor Life-Boat, Out on Another Service, Is Known to Be Making for Yarmouth
The Cromer Motor Life-Boat Out On Another Service Is Known To Be Making For Yarmouth A Message Recalling Her Is Sent The Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Motor Life-Boat Puts Out With It. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Services
North Eastern Division North Sea Hurricane FORCE 9-10 north north east wind; rough sea with a heavy swell; low water; visibility down to about a half to one mile on an overcast morning with frequent hail and snow squalls; Flamborough...
Category: Services
Yvonne, of Cardiff
MAY 4TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At 7.55 in the evening the coastguard reported a small boat drifting two miles north of St. David’s Head. A strong northeasterly breeze was blowing and the sea was rough. The motor...
Excel, of Goole
— On the 15th November the Life-boat Dorinda and Barbara on this station, put off, during stormy weather, to the assistance of the schooner Excel, of Goole, which had stranded on the Knock Sand. On reaching the vessel, which was in a sinking...
Contest of Kent
Margate, Kent - At 6.46 p.m. on 15th August, 1969, it was learnt that red flares had been sighted. Thelife-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. It) was launched at 7.1 in a moderate north north easterly wind with a corresponding sea. The...
The Imperial Japanese Life-Boat Institution
WE have received from the Japanese Life-boat Institution copies of its Annual Report for 1925, and of its Journal for 1925 and 1926. We shouldbe very glad, at any time, to lend these very interesting books to any Life-boat workers or...
Category: Articles
Thoughtful, of Sunderland
On the 11th January, the brig Thoughtful, of Sun- derland, bound from that port to London with coals, dragged her anchors, and came on shore during a gale of wind from the E.N.E. and heavy sea. The Yarmouth surf life-boat was quickly...
The New 70-Foot Steel Life-Boat Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service No. 35) Picking Up Three People from a Drifting Dinghy Off the Mumbles, Glamorganshire In June, 1966
The new 70-foot steel life-boat Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service No. 35) picking up three people from a drifting dinghy off The Mumbles, Glamorganshire, in June, 1966.
Also visible in the photograph (left) is the bow of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The American Steamer Kyle V. Johnson
DECEMBER 8TH. - WALMER, KENT. The master of the American steamer Kyle V.
Johnson was seriously ill with a heart attack, and in need of medical help. A northeasterly wind was blowing, with snow squalls.
The...