LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Luisa
CREW MEMBER INJURED ON BOARD YACHT Plymouth, Devon. At 9.27 on the evening of the 13th March, 1963, the honorary secretary was informed that a small white yacht with two men on board was on the breakwater 200 to 300 yards east of the fort....
The British Whale-Factory Ship Balaena
WHALE FACTORY SHIP AGROUND Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.— At 10.26 on the night of the 14th of May, 1947, the coastguard telephoned a report from the Newarp Light-vessel that a vessel was aground on Winterton Bridge, three miles...
Rivergate
Skegness, Lincolnshire. At five o'clock on the morning of the 29th of July, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that four survivors of the motor vessel Rivergate of Hull were on board the Inner Dowsing light- vessel and...
Ceres
PORTHOUSTOCK, CORNWALL. On the 22nd November, at about 8 P.M., signals of distress were seen off Porthoustock. The Life-boat Mary Ann Story was immediately launched and proceeded to the wreck, reaching the Manacles Rocks at about 8.30. The...
The Danish Fishing Vessel Senious
Lerwick, Shetlands - At 12.35 a-mon 22nd March, 1966, a vessel was reported aground to the east of Lerwick harbour. There was a moderate north westerly breeze and a calm sea. The lifeboat Claude Cecil Staniforth set out 20 minutes later on...
Tiger Fish
NET CAUSED TROUBLE At i.20 a.m. on nth August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a red flare seen in Portballantrae bay was being investigated. It was one hour before low water with a gentle southwesterly breeze. Twenty...
Danny La Rue
It was far from being a drag for Danny La Rue to open the summer fair organised by Bridlington ladies' lifeboat guild. He is seen here with Australian pianist Wayne King signing the guild's special table cloth which carries the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(above) Storm Force member Lilly Henley is intent on completing the Storm Force Treasure Hunt at the London Boat Show.
(above) Storm Force member Lilly Henley is intent on completing the Storm Force Treasure Hunt at the London Boat Show.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Life-Saving Stations of the World
IT is hoped to publish in the next issue of The Li/eboat an article on a " List of Life-saving Stations of the World, with their Equipment and Geographical Positions," issued by the International Hydrographic Bureau at Monaco, in...
Category: Articles
A Gallant Ramsgate Cook
ON 29th September, 1925, the trawler Rig, of Ramsgate, was wrecked off Tolpedn, Cornwall, in a thick fog, when returning from a fishing voyage at Swansea. She had nine men on board.
Seven of the nine were rescued from the...
Category: Services