LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lion, of Goole
BROADSTAIRS.—At 5 P.M., 12th March, the schooner Lion, of Goole, bound from Hull to the Isle of Wight, was observed driving before a heavy gale at north, with signals of distress flying. The signal guns of the station having failed to...
Books
Books Thorny's - an oral history of Vosper Thornycroft's shipyard, Southampton Edited by Krista Woodley, Padmini Broomfield and Sheila Jemima Published by Southampton City Council ISBN 0954394151 Price £12 hardback John I...
Category: Articles
Awards to Coxswains and Crews
THE following coxswains and members of life-boat crews were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and in addition those entitled to them, by the Institution's regulations, were awarded an annuity or a retirement allowance...
Category: Awards
Douglas Lifeboat R a Colby Cubbin No1
Douglas lifeboat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 1 is pictured returning from an exercise involving the warship HMS Ribble a River class RNR minesweeper based at Liverpool. The exercise involved transferring a casualty in a Neil Robinson stretcher... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Take Me to Your Lifeboat...
Take me to your lifeboat...
Hunstanton lifeboatmen examine what at first they thought was a UFO. The huge 'floating spaceship', fitted with sophisticated equipment and electronics, was recovered during a call-out in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sir Charles Macara, Bt., of Manchester
SIR Charles Macara, Bt., of Manchester, for many years one of the most prominent figures in the cotton industry, who died on 2nd January last, nine days before his eighty-fourth birthday, will always be honourably and gratefully remembered...
Category: Obituaries
Cover Picture
The 37ft Oakley class lifeboat Jane Hay, stationed at Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. She was built in 1964 and was originally at St Abbs in Scotland, later entering the relief fleet. Jane Hay arrived at Newcastle in 1980 and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Sailboard
Sailboard out in force 8 MICHAEL TIGHE, a crew member of Sunderland's 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat, was near the lifeboathouse onthe afternoon of Sunday November 4, 1984, when he was told that a board sailor was in trouble near...
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DECEMBER 3RD. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At about 11.20 P.M. on the 2nd December a terrific explosion was heard, followed by a series of small explosions, and then rockets were seen going up from the Tuskar Rock...
Coxswain Hugh Nelson (Centre) and the Donaghadee Crew Who Took Part In the Service to Princess Victoria on January 31 1953 Thirty-Four Lives Were Saved By Donaghad
Coxswain Hugh Nelson (centre) and the Donaghadee crew who took part in the service to Princess Victoria on January 31, 1953. Thirty-four lives were saved by Donaghadee and Portpatrick lifeboats in winds up to hurricane... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs