LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Lizzie Morton, of St. Ives
LTNMOUTH AND ILFRACOMBE, DEVON.— On the 19th March the Lizzie Morton, of St. Ives, encountered a heavy squall, when off Lynmouth, which carried away her foremast, bowsprit, and bulwarks; in a helpless state she subsequently drifted before a...
The Southport and St. Anne's Disaster
DECEMBER 9th of last year was the fiftieth anniversary of the great disaster on the Lancashire coast when the life-boats at Southport and St. Anne's were both capsized, with the loss of 27 lives, in an attempt to rescue the crew of the...
Category: Articles
Wreck of the St. George, 1830
ON Friday evening, the 29th of November, 1830, the St. George, a first-class steamer, commanded by Lieut. TUDOR, R.N., arrived at Douglas, Isle of Man, with the mail from Liverpool, and anchored in the bay. The night was stormy, with heavy...
Category: Services
New Life-Boat House at Lytham-St. Anne's
New Life-Boat House at Lytham-St Anne's. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Preston Pilot Cutter St. Anne
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. At 9.45 on the morning of the 23rd November, 1961, the coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that the Preston pilot cutter St. Anne had asked for the help of the life-boat as she had broken...
The Admiralty Salvage Tug St. Syrus
JANUARY 22ND. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. At 11.15 A.M. several loud explosions were heard, which proved to be delayed action mines. At the same time the Admiralty salvage tug St. Syrus struck a mine when passing the Boom Gateway, and started...
Georgia and the S.S. St. Helena
Ramsgate, Kent.—At eight o'clock on the morning of the 8th of May, 1956, the Deal coastguard telephoned to say that the Panamanian tanker Georgia had been in collision with the S.S. St.
Helena in fog 23 miles...
First Launch of the St. Ives Motor Life Boat
First Launch of the St. Ives Motor Life Boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
St. Abbs Life-Boat Towing the Fishing Vessel True Vine
St. Abbs Life-Boat Towing The Fishing Vessel True Vine. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Calypso, of Wallasey, St. Trillo (1)
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire; Rhyl, Flintshire; Beaumaris and Moelfre, Anglesey - At 4 p.m. on 6th May, 1968, the coastguard informed the Llandudno honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser had broken down one mile west of Great Ormes Head...