LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
British Fisheries Report, 1851
THE Report of the Commissioners for British Fisheries for the year 1851, just printed, confirms the statement made in the April Number of this Journal as to the great value of these fisheries to the country, not only in a commercial point of...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Albionic (1)
MARCH 19TH. - CLOVELLY, AND ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. At 3.10 A.M. a message from the coastguard, Hartland Point, was received at Clovelly that a steamer was on fire six miles north of the point. A whole W.S.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy...
Youghals Atlantic 21 In Full Cry
Youghals Atlantic 21 In Full Cry. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Motor Boat
Stranded on rocks ON HEARING FROM BARRY COASTGUARD, at 2220 on Saturday, September 13, 1975, that red flares had been reported to the west of Brean Down, the honorary secretary of Weston-super-Mare gave instructions for the maroons to be...
Dalton and Waterloo Branch
Waterloo station, of a sort. Dalton and Waterloo branch, newly formed, took advantage of the fact that one of their members. Mr M.
Hollyhead, is secretarv of the Huddersfie/d Society of Model Engineers. Last summer, in the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Henry 'Shrimp' Davies (1)
Henry 'Shrimp' Davies Former Cromer coxswain (see right) deaths Henry 'Shrimp' Davies Henry Davies was given the nickname 'Shrimp' after his famous uncle, coxswain Henry Blogg, saw him as a tiny...
Category: Obituaries
A Boat
Four lifeboats in search for missing anglers Lifeboats from Whitstable, Margate, Sheerness and Walton and Frinton were involved in a massive search for a man and his 12-year-old son after they failed to return in their 14ft boat following a...
A Boat (1)
Four lifeboats in search for missing anglers Lifeboats from Whitstable, Margate, Sheerness and Walton and Frinton were involved in a massive search for a man and his 12-year-old son after they failed to return in their 14ft boat following a...
Annual Awards 1983
The Maud Smith Bequest Award for the outstanding act of lifesaving during 1983 has been made to Crew Member Arthur Hill of Largs, who was awarded the silver medal for the rescue on July 24 of a young girl trapped in a small airpocket under...
Category: Awards
Shannon on Station (1)
21 February 2014
The wait is over as The Morrell arrives on station at Dungeness, Kent. The first fully operational Shannon class lifeboat is 50% faster than the Mersey she replaces. She will reach...
Category: Articles