LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Kiley's D Class Inshore and All-Weather Lifeboats Were Called to the Rescue of Victoria and Michael
Kiley's I) class inshore and allweather lifeboats were called to t he rescue of I 'iclima and Michael.
a 25ft llshiiii; essel aground on rocks at Chimney Hole some two miles of the station on 9... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boat Work Across the Channel
IT is very gratifying to observe that the French Life-boat Society continues steadily to extend its beneficent operations on the broad basis of the system of the English NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, the ap- probation of which by our...
Category: Articles
Eglantine
At 1.20A.M. on the 16th April the Coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore on the Brigg, and the Life-boat Hollon the Third was launched to help her. She found the vessel was the steamer Eglantine, of North Shields, bound for Havre with...
Queen of Kent
Ramsgate, Kent.—During the night of the 1st August, 1938, the pleasure steamer Queen of Kent, of Rochester, returning to Ramsgate Harbour from a trip, with 347 persons on board, ran aground on the Brake Sands. A gentle N.E. breeze was...
A Boat
Peel, Isle of Man.—13th July. An upturned boat was reported drifting off Niarbyl Point, but nothing was found.
—Rewards, £25 7s..
A Steamer
JANUARY 11TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. The naval authorities had asked the life-boat to bring an injured man ashore from a steamer, but the steamer could not be found. - Rewards, £12 4s..
A Rubber Dinghy (1)
JULY 3RD. - APPLEDORE, DEVON. A rubber dinghy with a man aboard had been reported, but was found to be an R.A.F.
target buoy. - Rewards, £5 12s. 3d..
Twelve Days of Gales at Aberdeen. Award of the Silver Medal
Award of the Silver Medal.
DURING the twelve days from the 21st January to the 1st February. 1937 the worst gales within living memory blew at Aberdeen, and the south break- water of the harbour was washed...
Category: Services
Medina D.
Five saved as coaster capsizes in Force 9 gale Coxswain John Catchpole of the Lowestoft lifeboat has been awarded a Bronze medal for bravery following the rescue of five crew men from a coaster in Force 9 winds.
Assistant...
The Latvian Steamer Helena Faulbaums
Port Askaig, Isle of Islay, and Barra Island, Hebrides.—On the night of the 26th October the Latvian steamer Helena Faulbaums, of Riga, bound light from Liverpool to Blyth, was caught in a sudden and exceptionally severe storm near Jura...