LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Bembridge
Walton and Frinton, Essex. — Just before midnight on the 21st of June, 1949, the coastguard reported informa- tion from the pilot cutter Bembridge that a steamer had struck the sunken wreck of the Fort Massac, about one and a half miles...
Estrellia
On the night of the 17th September a very strong gale was blowing from the S.W., with a very rough sea, rain squalls and a very high tide, and between midnight and eight o'clock the next morning there were three launches ; one by the...
Integrity
At 2.15 A.M.
on the 24th January the Coastguard reported that a message had been received stating that a smack was ashore about two miles below the town, near Covehithe. The No. 1 Life-boat Alfred Gorry was smartly launched...
The S.S. Alhena
JANUARY 29TH-31ST and FEBRUARY 1ST.
- CLOUGHEY, AND DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. At 12.50 A.M. information came to the Cloughey station from the coastguard at Tara that the S.S. Alhena, of Rotterdam, of 5,000 tons, laden with...
The Sailing Boat Kandee
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.— At 11.5 on the morning of the 15th of July, 1954, the Coast Life-Saving Service reported that a wireless message had been received from the mail steamer Hibernia that a sailing boat had cap- sized off the Kish...
Hoperidge
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT NEWCASTLE JANUARY 19TH- 2 1 ST. - NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN. At 6.45 in the morning the motor life-boat at Newcastle, Co. Down, L. P. and St.
Helen, was launched in a blinding snow-storm to the help of the...
The Auxiliary Patrol Motor Boat Noel II
OCTOBER 6TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.
At about 1.50 A.M. the naval authorities telephoned that the auxiliary patrolmotor boat Noel II, with four men on board, was having trouble with her engine and was adrift off the Heugh. A...
Lifeboat and Crew Arrived Home In Style
Lifeboat and crew arrived home in style on 2 August 2004, welcomed by huge crowds and a flotilla of 50 boats. Their first 'real1 shout was on 11 August.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fishing Cobles (4)
On the morning of the 26th December, twelve of the fishing cobles proceeded to the fishing ground at about 4.30 A.M.
A little before ten o'clock a very heavy S.E. wind arose, and the sea increased, making the landing...
Propeller Tunnel Now Complete With Propeller In Place
Propeller tunnel now complete with propeller in place.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs