LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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At 8.25 a.m. on i ith February, 1966, the Irish Lights Office rang the honorary secretary's home to ask for the services of the life-boat Dunleary II to take two sick men off Kish light tower. As the honorary secretary had already left...
The Hauxley Launchers
This was the last exercise launch of the pulling and sailing life-boat Mary Andrew, before the station was temporarily closed on 17th January, 1939, when the Amble station was reopened, as an experiment, with a motor life-boat. Hauxley will... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Iris
During a strong S.S.W. gale on the 17th February the fishing-vessel Iris of Lowestoft, carry- ing a crew of three hands, stranded in Pegwell Bay. Information that the vessel was in danger reached Ramsgate at 11.45 A.M., and the Life-boat in...
Life-Boat Launches on Service During the Months Lune, July and August, 1970
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire Aldeburgh, Suffolk Amble, Northumberland Angle, Pembrokeshire Anstruther, Fife Appledore, North Devon Arbroath, Angus Arklow, Co. Wicklow Arranmore, Co. Donegal Ballycotton, Co. Cork Baltimore, Co. Cork Bar mouth,...
Category: Services
Whitby Lifeboat on the Way to Robin Hood's Bay January 19 1881 Picture By Courtesy of Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society
Whitby lifeboat on the way to Robin Hood's Bay, January 19, 1881.
picture by courtesy of Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society.
Category: Drawings
Life-Boat Christmas Cards and Calendars
This year one of the life-boat cards has been designed by an 11 - year old girl, Philippa Mary Dudgeon, of Woking, Surrey, the overall winner of a life-boat Christmas card design competition organised by the children's magazine Look and...
Category: Advertisement
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Dungeness, Kent.—At 5.23 on the afternoon of the 12th of September, 1956, the Rye police reported that there was a young girl in the sea off Camber. At 5.35 the life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson was launched. The sea was choppy, there was a...
The Sailing Boat, St. Brendon, of Dungarvan
SEPTEMBER 1ST. - HELVICK HEAD, CO. WATERFORD. At 4.45 in the afternoon the sailing boat, St. Brendon, of Dungarvan, was sailing round the Black Rock in Dungarvan harbour. She had five on board. A north-westerly breeze was blowing and the sea...
Marigold
All hands to the pumps On the night of 22 June 1988 the fishing vessel Marigold tan on to rocks at Polkirt beach, 500 yards from Mevagissey Harbour and was badly holed. An overnight operation by a local boatbuilder, the coastguards and fire...
Fishing Boats
During the morning of the 2nd February a moderate N. breeze was blowing with a very heavy sea running. Several return- ing fishing boats only succeeded in landing at great risk, and two were nearly capsized. The No. 1 Pulling and Sailing...