LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Janet C
Tyne class holds coaster from rocks The Bronze Medal has been awarded to the Salcombe coxswain/ mechanic Frank Smith for a service to the coaster Janet C, which prevented the vessel running aground in rough seas and a near gale in the early...
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston: Relief 44' Waveney Lifeboat 44-001 on Temporary Duty at Gorleston Returning from Service to the Danish Vessel Baltic Which Had Devel
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston: Relief 44' Waveney lifeboat 44-001 on temporary duty at Gorleston returning from service to the Danish vessel Baltic, which had developed a heavy list, on April 8. Seven seamen, picked up by the tug Vanguard... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Empress of England
Padstow, Cornwall. At 8.45 on the evening of the 1st of October, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the coaster Eldorita had the motor launch Empress of England, which had one man aboard, in tow and was making for...
The Admirality Mine Sweeper No. 48
At 9 A.M. on the 29th December, when the Life-boat Queensbury was moored in the Harbour after returning from the s.s. Gallier at 4 A.M. that morning, a naval officer requested to be placed on board the Admiralty Mine-sweeper No. 48. As a...
Ladybird
Yacht on rocks A RADIO MESSAGE at 0924 on Thursday July 15, 1982, reported that a yacht was aground in the area of the Western Carracks, three miles west of St Ives. The honorary secretary of St Ives lifeboat station immediately assembled...
Sevona
Weymouth, Dorset. At 8.40 on the morning of the 31st of October, 1958, the coastguard at Wyke Regis told the honorary secretary that a motor yacht had broken down three miles south- west of Portland and that H.M. frigate Murray had left...
True Vine, of Fraserburgh
OCTOBER 1ST. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At noon the Gorleston coastguard reported a drifter on Scroby Sands, flying a distress signal. A light north-westerly breeze was blowing, with a swell. The motor life-boat Louise Stephens...
Walmer Lifeboat Station Shore Helper Ken Hovells of Deal
Walmer lifeboat station shore helper Ken Hovells, of Deal, is pictured with his model of Solent class lifeboat Jack Shayler and the Lees, formerly stationed at Bembridge, Isle of Wight and since reallocated to Douglas, Isle of Man. The scale... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bridlington Life-Boat Returning to Harbour After Escorting In Three Keelboats Caught By Rough Seas
Bridlington Life-Boat Returning To Harbour After Escorting In Three Keelboats Caught By Rough Seas. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Category: Articles