LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Grosvenor
— The s.s. Grosvenor, of Newcastle, bound light from Port Knockie to Sunderland, struck the rocks at Emmanuel Head early on the morning of the 20th Decem- ber. A moderate N.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The night was very dark,...
The S.S. Beaconsfield
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At eight o'clock on the evening of the 2nd of August, 1953, the coastguard reported that the S.S. Beaconsfield, of London, which was anchored about two miles east of the pier, had asked for a doctor to attend a...
Pandora
Newhaven, Sussex. At 12.50 on the afternoon of the 2nd of December, 1959, the fishing vessel Pandora of Newhaven, which had left for the fishing grounds at noon on the 1st of Decem- ber, had not returned, and the local fishermen were worried...
A Dinghy and a Sailing Dinghy
TWO CALLS TO DINGHIES IN ONE EVENING Blackpool, Lancashire. At 5.45 on the evening of the 1st June, 1963, the Fleetwood coastguard telephoned to say three youths in a rubber dinghy were drifting out to sea a mile off Rossall Point. At 6.15...
Eugenie Auguste
CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN.—At about one o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday, 1st October, 1882, the brigantine Eugenie Auguste, of Castletown, bound for that port from Euncorn with a cargo of coal, was observed to be labouring heavily and...
The Willing Boys
FISHING VESSEL TOWED TO BEACH Aith, Shetlands. At 6.10 on the morning of the 1st April, 1962, the honorary secretary was informed by a man living in Sandness that a motor fishing vessel was in difficulties at the north end of Papa Stour as...
The Life-Boat. By the Late Michael Henry
I.
FRESH launched to meet the swelling gale, At morn the gallant ship sets sail; All taut and trim, with canvas gay, Her stemson cleaves the sparkling spray.
The sky is fair—the prosperous breeze Floats...
Category: Poetry
Life-Boat Collecting In the Streets of Leicester
Life-Boat Collecting In The Streets of Leicester. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
One of the Belgian Motor Life-Boats Entering Ostend
One of the Belgian Motor Life-Boats Entering Ostend. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Launch of the Swanage Motor Life-Boat
The Launch of the Swanage Motor Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs