LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Letters
Fraserburgh lifeboat My son Jim and I were two of the people rescued by Fraserburgh lifeboat last summer when the yacht Blanche got into trouble in a force 8 gale. We were most impressed by both the efficiency and humanity of the coxswain...
Category: Correspondence
The Former Lifeboat Ambler at Anchor In Idyllic Condtions In Tonga
The former lifeboat Ambler at anchor in idyllic condtions in Tonga - a far cry from the conditions recalled by former crew member Lew Hardy, below. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Vierge Marie
Penlee, Cornwall.—At 7.40 A.M. on the llth January the police reported a wreck under Tregiffian cliffs. A strong S.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea, and the weather was thick. The motor life-boat W. and S.
was...
The Worst Floods In Living Memory (1)
Southend life-boat brings off survivors from Foulness (see page 476). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Naming Ceremonies
St Ives - Mersey class The Princess Royal (Civil Service No. 41) The importance of the naming ceremony for St Ives' Mersey class lifeboat The Princess Royal (Civil Service No 41) was recognised by the weather, which slipped in a warm,...
Category: Inaugurations
This Very Attractive Dolls' House Was Star Prize In a Raffle
This very attractive dolls' house was star prize in a raffle organised by the ladies' guild committee of Whickham, Tyne and Wear. An impressive £524 was raised in this way.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
7. Two Visitors to Cowes Take the Opportunity for a Well-Earned Sit-Down!
1. Two visitors to Cowes take the opportunity for a well-earned sit-down! Photo Bob Kennovtn. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Worsley
Longhope, Orkney. — Early on the morning of the 29th September, 1938, a wireless message was picked up by a coast watcher stating that a vessel was ashore at Brims Ness, Hoy. No signals of distress could be heard nor could any vessel be seen...
Lifeboat Services
South East Division Sick man taken off in gale AN IRISH CONTAINER SHIP, Bell Rover, contacted Dover coastguard on the evening of Tuesday November 20,1984, seeking medical advice about one of her crew members who was sick. After consultation...
Category: Services