LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
B.P. Marketer
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lanes.—At 7.10 on the evening of the 18th of April, 1957, a Preston firm of shipping agents telephoned to say they had received a call from the master of the tanker B.P. Marketer, of London, reporting that a member...
Ellen, of Llanelly
Two days afterwards the same Life-boat was again launched during a gale from the S.S.W., and in a heavy sea, and assisted the barque Elltn, of Llanelly, into a place of safety, she being in distress at the time.
It was not...
Astros
REFLOATING A TRAWLER Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—At 6.20 in the morning of the 2nd of September, 1947, the coastguard reported a trawler ashore south of Rattray Head, with a bad list to port. The motor life-boat Julia Park Barry, of Glasgow,...
Penrith Ladies' Lifeboat Guild's Annual Christmas Party
Present arms! Father Christmas is about to open his sack for the 100 children who were at Penrith ladies' lifeboat guild's annual Christmas party. There were games, a home made tea provided by the committee and then Willane, the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Time and tide
How one woman’s generosity and a volunteer crew’s commitment made a 12-hour rescue possible
The lifeboat crew from the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides worked through the night aboard the...
Category: Articles
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Category: Advertisement
A Belgian Fishing Vessel
Never off duty The crew of Lytham St Annes were on passage from Ramsey on the Isle of Man on 1 February, collecting the relief Mersey class lifeboat Margaret Jean, when they intercepted a telephone conversation between the Coastguard and a...
A Trawler (14)
DEC. 5TH. - AITH, SHETLANDS. A trawler had been reported on fire, but got help from other trawlers. - Rewards, £6 17s. 6d..
A Steamer (14)
DEC. 11TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. A steamer had stranded on the Haisborough Sands, but got off and went on her way.- Rewards, £33, and £19 5s..
An Aeroplane (14)
FEBRUARY 12TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £25 15s. 3d.