LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mr. Benjamin Simons, of Sutton, Lincolnshire
By the death on 15th July, at the age of sixty-nine, of Mr. Benjamin Simons, of Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire, the Institution has lost an honorary worker who has been associated with it for forty- three years. Mr. Simons was appointed...
Category: Obituaries
Norval, of Seaham
Again, Oh the 31st October, the brigan- tine Noroal, of Seaham, while lying at anchor in Yarmouth Roads, sprang a leak, and the water gained on the vessel so fast that signals of distress were made, where- upon the Caister No. 1 Life-boat...
A Life-Boat on the Thames
The reserve life-boat Elizabeth Wills Allen, which went up the Thames to Oxford, opposite County Hall (see page 595). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sheila Ann
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex - At 7.55 p.m. on 26th April, 1966, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a speedboat had capsized one and a half miles east-south-east of Shoreham harbour entrance. The life-boat Dorothy and Philip...
Anglian, of Dublin
The steamship Anglian, of Dublin, was stranded during heavy weather on the " Main," under the North Foreland lighthouse, on the 7th December. The Kingsgate life-boat put off, but her services were at first...
Seventy-Four Rescued
Helping lascars of the " Magdapur's " crew ashore. They were covered with oil. - View image in PDF
(See page 198.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A United States Ship
On the 20th of August, 1952, the Ramsgate life-boat went to the help of a United States ship which had been in a collision with a Norwegian tanker.
The American ship broke in two, but the life-boat managed to save her...
Down to Business! the Ceremony Over, Margate's Crew Launch the Station's D Class Lifeboat to Tow Dinghy to Safety.
Down to business! The ceremony over, Margate's crew launch the station's D class lifeboat to tow a dinghy to safety.
...As the last cake crumbs were being brushed away and the bunting untied after the Margate... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Albatross
Propeller fouled NUMEROUS TELEPHONE CALLS were received by Brixham Coastguard at about 0120 on Wednesday August 18, 1982, reporting the sighting of red flares off Teignmouth Pier. Teignmouth Coastguard rescue company were immediately alerted...
Fastnet Book, Cape Clear
As the prevention of shipwreck is of equal importance with the saving of life after the wreck has taken place, it becomes the duty of the Life-Boat Journal, from time to time, to give notice to the mariner of any newly- discovered or...
Category: Articles