LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
H.M.S. Witherington
APRIL 29TH. - CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. At 11.30 at night a message was received at Cullercoats from the Blyth coastguard that a destroyer was in need of help at the entrance to the Tyne. A strong westnorth- west...
Hawkestone
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 8.10 on the morning of the 26th of February, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the tug Hawke- stone, of London, which had been towing two lighters, was missing and had last been seen...
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Fishermen saved by inshore lifeboatWhen four anglers slipped into a rough sea near Newcastle Co Down it took the combined efforts of the station's D class inshore lifeboat and its Mersey class all-weather boat to snatch them to...
A Boat (1)
LONG SEARCH FOR UNLIT BOAT Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.
At 10.10 on the evening of Tuesday the 20th of August, 1963, what appeared to be burning material was seen a number of times about half a mile off shore and two...
Special Gifts
From Brazil.
A GIFT of £5 has been received from the staff of the Western Telegraph Company at Maranhao, in Northern Brazil.
Australian's Gift from a Sweepstake.
A gift of...
Category: Donations
The Motor Fishing Coble Shiela
JANUARY 21ST. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
As the local motor fishing coble Shiela was long overdue, and could not be seen, the motor life-boat The Cuttle was launched at 5.55 in the evening, as night was coming on, to look for her....
We Ask the Questions
The lifeboat service relies heavily on its network of branches, guilds and volunteer fundraisers to bring in the money, so it is important that the best tools for the job are readily available to those who need them.
The...
Category: Articles
Death of a Famous Coxswain
COXSWAIN JOHN T. SWAN, of Lowes- toft, one of the most distinguished of English life-boatmen, died on 20th February, at the age of eighty-three.
He was coxswain of the Lowestoft life-boat from 1911 to 1924, when he retired...
Category: Obituaries
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
WHITBY. — The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has replaced the No. 1 Life- boat on this Station by a new boat, 34 feet long, 8 feet wide, and rowing 10 oars, which was presented by Mrs. MABT ANN ELLIS, of York, and formerly of North Grrimston...
Category: Articles
Development of the Barnett Twin-Screw Motor Life-Boat
Boats for Plymouth and Aberdeen.
IN October, 1924, the Institution laid down two more Motor Life-boats of the Barnett Twin-Screw type for Plymouth and Aberdeen. The first reached her Station on July 1st, and the 2nd on...
Category: Articles