LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Minesweeper (1)
JULY 21ST. - LYTHAM - ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. At 9.45 P.M. the harbour master reported that a minesweeper was aground east of Gut Gas Buoy. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea.
Another message said that the...
The S.S. Esther Maria
Falmouth, Cornwall. — Just before 6.30 A.M. on the morning of the 5th August, 1938, information was received from the coastguard that a steamer was ashore. The sea was smooth, with a light southerly wind, but there was a thick fog. The tide...
Notes of the Quarter
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 155 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to 31st March, 1954 - 78,633 Notes of the Quarter THE first of the major flag days of the...
Category: Articles
While Lieutenant Governor for the Bailiwick of Guernsey Vice-Admiral Sir John Martin Kcb Dsc Mni Gave His Support to the Institution As President of Guernsey Branch While Lady Martin Serve
While Lieutenant Governor for the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Vice-Admiral Sir John Martin, KCB DSC MNI, gave his support to the Institution as president of Guernsey branch while Lady Martin served as president of Guernsey ladies' guild. At... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Belgian Yacht Haura (1)
Lifeboatmen transferred to Belgian yacht in gale and heavy seas A joint service by Southwold's Atlantic 21 class lifeboat Quiver and Lowestoft's Tyne Spirit of Lowestoft has won two lifeboatmen framed letters of thanks from the...
Gallant Conduct of Irish Fishermen
IN former numbers of this Journal we have had occasion to point out that the use of the means at hand, in case of shipwreck, although of the rudest and simplest form, may by a little ingenuity and presence of mind, often prove of service in...
Category: Articles
Kate
WEXFORD.—On the 12th February, at about 5.30 P.M., the fishing schooner Kate, of Wexford, was seen to be running for the harbour. The wind was blowing moderately from the S.W., but the sea was rolling furiously in consequence of a strong...
Life-Boats and Aeroplanes
DURING the month of October six Lifeboats were launched in response to signals which were believed to be from aeroplanes in distress. The story of their search shows the way in which the increasing traffic by air is adding to the duties of...
Category: Services
The French Life-Boat Service
By M. GRANJON de LEPINEY, Administrates Delegue.
[The footnotes are by the Editor of " The Life-Boat"] THE Central Society for Saving the Ship- wrecked * was founded in 1865 in the following circumstances. The...
Category: Articles
Brethren and Gratitude
The fishing fleet put to sea early on the morning of the 7th April. Later the sea got up, and the pulling and sailing life-boat Jacob and Rachel Vallentine was launched at 11.25 A.M., to the help of three small motor cobles which had not...