LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
S.S. Katherine, of Plymouth
JANUARY 23RD. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.
At 5.20 in the evening the coastguard reported a vessel sending out signals on her siren. There was dense fog, with a light south-west wind and a slight sea. The motor life-boat T.B.B.H...
With Seas Breaking Heavily Across Johnno Crew Member Mike Judge Can Be Seen Aboard the Casualty As Whitstable's Atlantic
With seas breaking heavily across Johnno crew member Mike Judge can be seen aboard the casualty as Whitstable's Atlantic sheers away with one of the survivors aboard. - View image in PDF
Photo Kent Messenger. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Penguin, of Dartmouth
MARCH 27TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. About 6.15 in the evening the coastguard reported that a motor yacht had stopped and that a blanket was being waved from her. The motor life-boat Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Lunn was launched at 6.30 in a...
Maid of Honour
Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 11.28 on the night of the 30th of April, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a local resident had reported a wireless message from the motor fishing vessel Maid of Honour, of Lerwick. She had broken down off Brethren...
The Converted Ship's Life-Boat Bluebird II
Humber, Yorkshire - At 4.8 a.m.
on 16th February, 1970, the coastguard reported that red flares hadbeen sighted in the Haile Sand Fort area. The life-boat City of Bradford HI was launched at 4.21 in a fresh north westerly...
Cover Picture
Sunset watch for the Margate lifeboatman, a memorial to nine men who lost their lives in the early morning of December 2, 1897, when Margate town surf boat Friend of All Nations capsized on her way to help the ship Persian Empire of West... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
"We Interrupt This Programme With a Gale Warning."
From the drawing by Mr. David Langdon, reproduced by courtesy of the artist and The Evening Standard.
Category: Drawings
The U.S. Naval Landing Barge No. 527
APRIL 1ST. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.
About six o’clock in the morning the officer of the watch of H.M.S. Forte III telephoned that a vessel was ashore at Pendennis Castle Point. The tide was low, with a strong southeast wind...
Alderney Lifeboat and Sea Victor Outside St.Peter Port Photograph By Courtesy of Peter Leadbetter
Alderney Lifeboat and Sea Victor Outside St Peter Port Photograph By Courtesy of Peter Leadbetter. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ilb Launches on Service During the Months June July and August 1972
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire Aberdovey, Merionethshire August 15th.
June 30th, July 4th and 9th.Abersoch, Caernarvonshire Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire Arran (Lamlash), Buteshire Atlantic College, Glamorganshire Bangor, Co. Down...
Category: Services