LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Paul Boyton (1)
RAMSGATE AND NORTH DEAL.—On the 20th September, at about 12.30 A.M., the ship Paul Boyton, of Yarmouth, N.S., 1097 tons, bound from Baltimore to Hamburg with a cargo of maize, went ashore on the Goodwin Sands during a fresh wind from the W....
The S.S. Boadicea (1)
In consequence of a telegram from Margate that the Tongue lightship was tiring for assistance, the Bradford Lifeboat and steam-tug Vulcan left the harbour at midnight on the 6th December, during a fresh gale from the E.N.E., with snow and a...
Gem of the Ocean (1)
UPGANG AND WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.— During the afternoon of the 15th Feb- ruary the northerly wind freshened, bringing up a heavy sea, and at about 3.30 P.M. a telephone message from Runswick reported that a small vessel was driving southward in...
A U.S.A. Liberator Aeroplane (1)
DECEMBER 30TH. - EASTBOURNE, AND HASTINGS, SUSSEX. At about four o’clock in the afternoon the coastguard informed the Eastbourne life-boat station that a U.S.A.
Liberator aeroplane had come down in the sea off Pevensey Bay....
As Reported on Page 108, 46-Foot 9-Inch and 47- Watson Class Life-Boats Are Being Fitted With Two Self-inflatable Bags Which Will Bring Them Back to the Upright Position If They Should Capsize Once.
As reported on page 108, 46-foot 9-inch and 47-foot Watson class life-boats are being fitted with two selfinflatable bags which will bring them back to the upright position if they should capsize once. The pictures, beginning left with a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Empire Breeze (1)
MARCH 13TH - 15TH. - CRESSWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND. On the 5th February the S.S. Empire Breeze had stranded on the Bondicar Rocks, and the Amble lifeboat had rescued her crew. On the 13th March the Empire Breeze was refloated and taken in tow...
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...
1. Appledore's Self Righting Lifeboat Hope,
1. Appledore's Self Righting lifeboat Hope, which was involved in three Silver Medalwinning rescues, Coxswain Joseph Cox is shown holding the tiller, who was himself a holder of three Silver Medals.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
5. Aberdeen's Bon Accord No,1
5. Aberdeen's Bon Accord No,1 North Country class lifeboat shares its name with the station's current Severn class lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Rubber Collapsible Boat (1)
OCT. 18TH. - WHITBY, AND RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE. The coastguard reported a vessel firing signals six miles north of Whitby.
A moderate N.E. wind was blowing with a choppy sea. At 7.45 P.M. the No. 1 motor life-boat was...