LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Spray and Cabin Cruiser Dolphin
Sal combe, South Devon - At 12.58 p.m. on I2th March, 1967, a motor fishing vessel and a cabin cruiser appeared to be in difficulties off Lannicombe Bay. Conditions were deteriorating and a gale warning was in force. The life-boat The Baltic...
A Steamer (11)
MARCH 3RD. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.
A steamer was on fire, but when the life-boat reached her she found the ship’s boats gone and no one on board.
- Rewards, £16 7s..
A Vessel (10)
DECEMBER 20TH. - CAISTER, NORFOLK.
Signals by siren from a vessel believed to be on fire had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £12 13s..
A Vessel (11)
MARCH 5TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. A vessel had been reported ashore and burning flares, but evidently had got off and gone on her way as she could not be found - Rewards, £7 16s. 6d..
The Flamborough Motor Fishing Coble Pioneer (1)
NOVEMBER 12TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, AND BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. At 5.30 at night it was reported that the Flamborough motor fishing coble Pioneer, which had been due back at three o’clock, had not returned.
A strong...
Of the Four Periods In the History of the Lifebout the First Covering the Days of the Pulling and Sailing Boats Is By Far the Longest Launch of the 35Ft Liverpool Lifeboat Samuel Lewis at Skegness In
Of the four periods in the history of the litcbodt. lilt' f i r s t , covering the days of the pulling ami sailing bouts, is by far the longest. Launch of the .Ifft Liverpool lifeboat Samuel Lewis tit Skegness in 1906.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Observer
•1824-1974 See how 98,500 lives have been saved by men like these This is just one of the remarkable photographs included inTheObserver Lifeboat Exhibition.
They are the work of Observer photographer, Chris Smith.who spent...
Category: Advertisement
Lexington, of Nassau
Early on the morning of the 7th February a large vessel was seen on the Salthouse Bank with flag of distress flying, and in a very perilous position. The wind was very strong from S.W., and the weather thick. The Black- pool life-boat was...
The Life-Boat Service and Salvage
ALTHOUGH, in the course of its 127 years of work the Institution has saved, or helped to save, thousands of vessels from destruction, it makes no claims for salvage. Its sole purpose is the rescue of life. When, however, life- boats are able...
Category: Articles
Irish Lifeboat Stations Which Took Part In the Fastnet Race Rescue Operation Last August Were Presented With Special Fastnet Awards By the Irish Federation of Marine Industries the Presentations
Irish lifeboat stations which took part in the Fastnet Race rescue operation last August were presented with special Fastnet awards by the Irish Federation of Marine Industries. The presentations were made by the Federation's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs