LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Sailing Fishing Boat Mary
DEC. 1ST. - SUNDERLAND, DURHAM.
At 11.10 A.M. a fishing boat was seen drifting about three miles E.S.E. of Sunderland. A strong W.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Elizabeth Newton - on...
The Motor Fishing Vessels Provider, Pilot Me, and Gem, of Whitby
NOVEMBER 20TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
About 11.30 in the morning the Whitby coastguard passed on a message from the Kettleness coastguard that three motor fishing vessels, two miles north east of...
The S.S. Matina
Thurso, Caithness - At 5 p.m. on 22nd May, 1967, it was learned that there was a sick man on board the S.S. Matina.
The life-boat Pentland (Civil Service No.31) proceeded at 9.18 in a strong south easterly breeze and a...
Maria, of Ymuiden
APRIL 13TH. - ABERDEEN. News was received that a vessel was ashore on Aberdeen beach, and at 7 in the morning the No. 1 motor life-boat Emma Constance was launched. The easterly breeze was light, but there was a heavy swell with a breaking...
A Motor Fishing Boat (1)
DECEMBER 3RD. - HELVICK HEAD, CO. WATERFORD. At 1 A.M. news was received that a motor fishing boat needed help about six miles S.E. of Helvick. A moderate S.W. breeze was blowing and the sea was choppy.
At 2 A.M. the motor...
Cover Picture
COVER PICTURE by Dowland Studios Lifeboat weather... A shaft of sunlight highlights the new Arun The Queen Mother during trials on a stormy day in January 1989. The lifeboat is to be stationed atThurso, and was due to sail there in March... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Barnhill
DECEMBER 7TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
At 4.55 A.M. the Fairlight coastguard reported that two soldiers were either stranded on the Regiment on the wreck. They had gone out in wreck of the S.S. Barnhill, off Langley Point, a...
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Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 1.30 on the afternoon of the 6th of December.
1954, the Commissioners of Irish Lights asked if the life-boat would land a sick man from the Inishtearaght Rock lighthouse, as the weather was too bad...
The Rescue of Drowning Persons
THE RESCUE OF DROWNING PERSONS.
THE summer of 1868 will long be remembered by the present generation in the British Isles as the most extraordinary within their recollection ; for what With the long continuance of almost...
Category: Articles
'We're really happy to be part of the RNLI'
Meet some of the people who are getting our new lifesaving services off the ground
Portishead lifeboat has been running as an independent rescue service since The...
Category: Articles