LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Motor Cobles Hilda and Kingfisher
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—Early in the morning of the 23rd November, 1938, a strong S.S.E. gale arose, with a rough sea and heavy rain. The two motor cobles Hilda and Kingfisher were at sea to the northward, and in great danger of being...
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THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING LIFEBOATS
26 January–22 April
Poole Museum, Dorset
Calm Before the Storm: The Art of Photographing Lifeboats celebrates the past and present of the RNLI. Glass plate images of...
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Lenora Venture, of London
OCTOBER 23TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 6.31 at night the coastguard reported that a vessel was flashing SOS signals from the Goodwin Sands four miles north of the lifeboat station. A fresh north-easterly breeze was blowing. The sea was rough. The...
Councillor K J Holland Mayor of Skegness and a Former Coxswain and Jack Roughton Chairman of the Lincolnshire Appeal Lay Foundation Stones for Skegness'
Councillor K. J. Holland, mayor of Skegness and a former coxswain, and Jack Roughton, chairman of the Lincolnshire appeal, lay foundation stones for Skegness's new lifeboat station. (Photo Bob Lawrence). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Duchess at the Wheel
On board the Blyth Life-boat after the naming ceremony. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Finisterre, of Lowestoft
OCTOBER 14TH. HELIER, JERSEY.
At 8.40 at night information was received that the motor yacht Finisterre, of Lowestoft, was among the rocks east of the harbour. There was no wind and the sea was smooth. The motor life-boat...
The Kind of Conditions In Which Aberystwyth's C Class Lifeboat Operates - and This Is a Relatively Quiet Day
The kind of conditions in which Aberystwyth's C class lifeboat operates - and this is a relatively quiet day.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Heather Deane Deputy Public Relations Officer Is Pictured Presenting Two of the Succesful Participants With Their Prizes at Cowes
Heather Deane, Deputy Public Relations Officer, is pictured presenting two of the succesful participants with their prizes at Cowes.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Day Dawn, of Lerwick
Lerwick, Shetlands - At 10.58 p.m.
on 8th May, 1967, it was reported that the motor fishing vessel Day Dawn of Lerwick had broken down off Bard Head, Bressay, and was in danger of being driven on to the rocks. The life-boat...
Atlanta, of Kirkwall
On the 10th December, during a fresh gale from S.S.E.
and heavy cross-sea, the schooner Atlanta, of Kirkwall, in the Orkney Islands, after striking on the Barber Sands, on the Nor- folk coast, went ashore on Hasborough...