LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Gerassimos Vergottis and Van Ostade (1)
JULY 1ST. - PENLEE, AND THE LIZARD, CORNWALL. During thick fog the Greek steamer Gerassimos Vergottis and the Dutch steamer Van Ostade had collided, and the Greek steamer had been badly damaged.
The life-boats could not...
Heilo
On 2nd January a wireless message was received that a steamer, the Heilo, of Oslo, was dis- abled with a broken rudder sixty-five miles away in the Atlantic with a trawler standing by. A whole W.S.W.
gale was blowing with a...
Yacht's Crew After Rescue By Humber Life-Boat
Yacht's Crew After Rescue By Humber Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Typical Busy Saturday Afternoon Photographed By Jonathan Lasson
A typical busy Saturday afternoon photographed by Jonathan Lasson.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Steamer
MONTROSE, FORFARSHIRE. The No.
'2 Life-boat, Marianne Atherstone, performed an excellent service on the 26th March, resulting in the saving of four lives. About 5 o'clock a steamer was seen approaching the harbour,...
A Sailboard
Enjoyable sail turns into near disaster Windsurfer Christopher Long was out enjoying a brisk sail last September when gear failure disabled his board and he spent three hours in the water. When Eastbourne's inshore lifeboat picked him up...
Carrying on Though Crippled
IT is not only the crews of the Life- boats who carry on in spite of injury.
There have recently been two cases, which deserve to be recorded, of ladies continuing their work for financial Branches after serious...
Category: Articles
Rothie May
MARGATE, KENT.—During a strong E.N.E. gale and heavy sea on the 4th March signals were reported about 7.15 P.M. Owing to the exceptionally low tide it was only after great difficulty the No. 1 Life-boat Eliza Harriett was launched, and...
A Launching Accident
ON 10th June the motor life-boat at Port St. Mary, Isle of-Man, was launched on exercise at low 'water. The life- boat and carriage had been lowered down the slipway to the limit of the wire, and chocks had been placed under the wheels,...
Category: Articles
Silveium
Cloughey, Co. Down. — During the night of the 2nd June a small yacht was seen to be in difficulties off North Rock, and the motor life-boat William Maynard was launched at 11.5 P.M. There was no wind, and the sea was...