LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Arvidsjauer, of Stockholm
Penlee, Cornwall - At 8 p.m. on 6th March, 1967, the honorary secretary informed the coxswain that the life-boat would be needed at 6 a.m. the following morning to take a doctor out to the m.v.
Arvidsjauer of Stockholm...
Queen, of Youghal
On the 10th February the brigantine Queen, of Youg- hal, was endeavouring to enter this har- bour during a very heavy gale from the N-W, On rounding the pJer-iaad she Jet go an anchor, but the cable parted, and she drifted about a mile...
Marie, of Newport
On the 18th January, information was received that a dismasted vessel was dragging her anchors at Derby Haven, there being a very severe gale from S.W., and a heavy sea on.
The life-boat Commercial Traveller, No. 2, was...
The Record of 1927. A Year of Conspicuous Services
A Year of Conspicuous Services.
THE storms in the latter part of 1927 have supplied the answer, if any were needed, to the question which is sometimes asked whether the gradual replacement of the sailing ship by steam and...
Category: Annual Reports
The S.S. Whinstone, of Preston
ON 25th November, just before eight o'clock in the morning, the Donna Nook Life-boat went out in answer to signals of distress. The conditions could not i She found the Whinstone at anchor, after have been worse. A whole gale was I...
Lucie Antoinette, of Nantes
On tho morning of the 16th March, during a strong gale from the E.S.E., and in a very heavy sea, tho schooner Lucie Antoinette, of Nantes, went on the Good- win Sands. Tho Life-boat Bradford and steamer Vulcan proceeded out to her, and the...
The Demise of a £136 Pile of Pennies at the Scarsdale Arms Edwardes Square Kensington the Building of the Column of Coins Is Supervised By Landlord Peter Dunks and His Wife Audrey and In
The demise of a £136 pile of pennies at the Scarsdale Arms, Edwardes Square, Kensington. The building of the column of coins is supervised by landlord Peter Dunks and his wife Audrey and in this picture Kensington branch treasurer... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sarah Ellen, of Liverpool
ABERYSTWYTH.—Just before dark on the 20th February, while it was blowing a hard gale from the N.W., the schooner Sarah Ellen, of Liverpool, bound from Plymouth to Belfast, was seen driving before the storm, with sails blown away, towards the...
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
CAISTER, NORFOLK. — Signal - rockets were fired by the Wold Light-vessel on the morning of the 31st May last. The weather was squally, a strong breeze blowing from the KN.W., and there was a heavy sea. At 3 o'clock the No. 2 Life- boat...
Category: Services
Oscar, of Tonsberg
On the 19th Sep- tember, the brig Oscar, of Tonsberg, was stranded, and afterwards became a total wreck amongst the rocks a short distance from St. Andrew's Harbour, during a strong easterly gale. The St. Andrew's life-boat was...