LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Brackley
WICKLOW.—A storm of terrific violence visited Wicklow and the district on the 26th February. The wind had been blowing from the S. and towards night it increased to hurricane force, accompanied by a very heavy sea, and downpours of rain and...
St. Joseph
Stornoway and Barra Island, Hebrides.— On the night of the 17th-18th October the Norwegian steamer St. Joseph, of Tonsberg, ran aground on the Grey Rocks, in the Sound of Mull. A whole N.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea, and snow...
On Board the Aberdeen Life-Boat In a Heavy Sea
On Board The Aberdeen Life-Boat In A Heavy Sea. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Hundred Years Ago
Youghal, Ireland.—On the 8th February, the Norwegian barque Galatea ran on shore on the bar at the entrance of Youghal harbour, the captain having mistaken the port for Queenstown : a gale of wind was blowing at the time from the south, and...
Category: Articles
French Trawler Keriolet Towed Back In Llfracombe In Storm Force Winds By Charles H Barrett (Civil Service No 35) Clovelly's 70' Clyde Class Lifeboat Photograph By Co
French trawler Kcriolct, towed back In llfracombe in storm force winds by Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service No. 35), Clovelly's 70' Clyde class lifeboat. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of D. S. Evans. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Fraserburgh Disaster
Examining the life-boat (See page 469). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Anna Precht
On the 18th September Caister supplied another stir- ring story of the sea, and while there is unfortunately some loss of life to record, the Life-boatmen, the men who " never turn back," have performed a fine rescue of...
People and Places
Stirling Whorlow QBE Stirling Whorlow QBE, the secretary of the Institution for eight years from 1961 to 1969 died at his home in Spain on 2 October 1988.
One of his colleagues from the RNLI at the time writes: 'It is...
Category: Articles
Strathleven
On the night of the 16th December, the barque Strathleven, of Glasgow, was wrecked, during a strong wind W. by N., half a mile North of Float Bay, about seven miles from Port Logan.
The vessel was under double reefed...
Laura Williamson
In very wet and cold weather the Life-boat James Stevens No. 6 was engaged during the whole of the 18th March in assisting to save a vessel which had run on to a reef of rocks under Beachy Head. At 7.30 A.M. the vessel was sighted, and...