LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two American Flying Fortress Aeroplanes
JULY 26TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. An American Flying Fortress aeroplane had crashed near Overstrand, but the crew were rescued by local boats. Another American Flying Fortress had crashed near Sheringham, but her crew were rescued by a fishing...
S.S. Wilno, of Gdynia, Poland
APRIL 22ND. - CAISTER, NORFOLK. A message was received from the Winterton coastguard at 12.50 in the afternoon that a steamer appeared to be aground on North Caister Shoal about two miles from the coastguard station. A moderate...
Spaarnestroom and S.S. Waldemar Sieg
Dover, and Walmer, Kent.—At 10.48 on the night of the 20th of March, 1953, the Sandgate coastguard rang up the Dover life-boat station to say that the motor vessel Spaarnestroom, of Amsterdam, which had been in colli- sion with the S.S....
Stephanie Jane
Four saved from MFV among rocks in hurricane-force gustsCoxswain David Chant of the St Davids lifeboat, Dyfed, has been awarded the Institution's Bronze medal for bravery following the rescue of four fishermen in severe gales on 26...
S.S. W. R. Grace, of Baltimore, U.S.A.
OCTOBER 2ND. - WALMER, KENT. At 2.27 in the morning the Deal coastguard reported a vessel aground on the Goodwin Sands, about six miles away to the east. A light north-east wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Charles...
The Jersey Life-Boat Brings Eleven Survivors
from the S.S. Brockley Combe (see page 632). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
S.S. James Otis, of San Francisco
FEBRUARY 7TH. - SALCOMBE, DEVON.
At 3.45 in the morning the naval authorities at Salcombe informed the coxswain that a ship was ashore at Lannacombe Bay. A fresh west-south-west wind was blowing, with a moderately rough sea...
S.S. Fort La Prairie, of London
JUNE 21ST. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
At 7.30 in the morning a message was received from the Kirkwall coastguard that a vessel was ashore on the Little Skerry. A moderate south-east wind was blowing, with a moderate sea and dense...
The Record Month by Month
Vessels Lives Number Lives which Lives Rescued of Rescued Life-boats Rescued by 1945 Life-boat by Saved or by Auxiliary Launches Life-boats Helped Shore-boats Rescueto Save boats January . . 63 100 6 4 - February . . 53 22 6 5 - March . . 43...
Category: Annual Reports
Spaarnestroom and S.S. Waldemar Sieg (1)
Dover, and Walmer, Kent.—At 10.48 on the night of the 20th of March, 1953, the Sandgate coastguard rang up the Dover life-boat station to say that the motor vessel Spaarnestroom, of Amsterdam, which had been in colli- sion with the S.S....