LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Honour
The Life-boat Co-operator No. 2 was called out during the afternoon of the 8th May, a small vessel having been observed in difficulties off the " Hangman," near Combmartin. The sea was heavy with a moderate gale blowing and weather...
The 1986 North Sunderland Harbour Fete
The 1986 North Sunderland harbour fete was officially opened by Her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland, seen here accepting a bouquet from Karla-Elise Reay, grand-daughter of branch secretary Robert Reay. Torrential rain half an hour before... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mr. W. J. Oliver, Honorary Secretary of the Sunderland Branch
Mr. W. J. Oliver, who died on 4th March, had been Honorary Secretary of the Sunderland Branch for twenty-five years, and for nearly fifty years had been actively connected with the work of saving life from shipwreck. When he was appointed in...
Category: Obituaries
Jim M.
BRINGING A SICK MAN ASHORE Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 9.25 in the evening of February 7th, 1947, information was received through the coastguard that the motor vessel Jim M., of London, which was anchored...
Rosemary, The Premier, The Betty, The Rachel and four more Boats
SEVERAL COBLES ESCORTED IN ROUGH SEA Scarborough, Yorkshire. During the early morning of the 16th January, 1963, the easterly wind increased to gale force and anxiety was felt for the safety of six local fishing boats which were still at sea...
The Finnish Cargo Vessel Puhos
Injured seaman THE MARINE RESCUE CO-ORDINATION CENTRE, Shannon, told Arranmore honorary secretary at 1810 on Saturday December 30, 1978, that a sailor on board the Finnish cargo vessel Puhos had lost three fingers in an...
Kingfisher IV
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 2.16 in the afternoon of the 19th of De- cember, 1948, a motor vessel informed Niton Radio Station of a fishing boat in. need of help nearly three miles out from Shoreham in a south- easterly direction, and the...
Santa Cruz
Arklow, Co. Wicklow. — At nine o'clock on the night of the 9th of De- cember, 1948, it was reported that a fishing boat was burning flares to the north-east, and the motor life-boat Inbhear Mor was launched at 9.10 in a southerly...
Book Reviews
Fire Aboard by FRANK RUSHBROOK (The Technical Press, 1961) is a most comprehensive work by a man who first became a fireman in 1938 and has since held a number of responsible posts concerned with the task of fire...
Category: Articles
Cover Picture
by Rick Tomlinson/ Rothmans Sailing Donaghadee's Arun Class lifeboat City of Belfast shows her mettle in some heavy weather near her station.
Next Issue: The Summer issue of THE LIFEBOAT will appear in July 1993, and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs