LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Levant, of Bristol
On the evening of llth May, a signal of distress having been hoisted at the Rock Light, the Rescue tubular life-boat immediately pro- ceeded down the Rock Channel, in tow of the steam-tug Universe, till within a mile and a quarter of the...
Mary Holland
On the morning of the j 4th October—a wild, stormy morning, | —the Charley Lloyd Life-boat of this sta- tion put out, and brought from the bri- gantine Mary Holland 7 men. Later on she hrought oh shore from the brig Eliza 5 men, besides a...
Endeavour, Faith Star, Progress, Venus, Lead Us, Provider A, etc
Whitby, Yorkshire. — At eleven in the morning of the 7th of March, 1952fishermen reported that conditions on the outer harbour bar were very dangerous for returning fishing boats, and at 11.15 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was...
Frederick T. Everard
EXPLOSION ON MOTOR VESSEL At 10.23 a-m- on 6th October, 1965, the coastguard told the coxswain that the motor vessel Frederick T. Everard was reported to be in distress following an explosion on board. The life-boat Kathleen Mary was...
Mountbatten of Burma
ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET the Earl Mountbatten of Burma, who was killed in his motor yacht while on holiday last August, will be remembered, as is his wife, the Countess Mountbatten, as a very good friend of the lifeboat...
Category: Articles
Inverclyde
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.—On the 15th September the Kinnaird Head coastguard reported a vessel ashore on Cairnbulg Briggs making signals of distress.
The weather was very thick, the sea calm and the wind easterly. At 2...
Sennen Cove—A Correction
IN the account of the naming ceremony of the Sennen Cove life-boat in the last issue of the journal, it was said that the ceremony had been arranged by Mr. Barrie Bennetts, the honorary secretary of the station, and the local committee. It...
Category: Inaugurations
D Class
The P class is the most numerous of the Inshore fleet and was introduced in 1963 as the first inflatable lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H.M. Minesweeper Unicity
JANUARY 31ST. - BLYTH, NORTH-UMBERLAND. At about 12.25 P.M. the coastguard telephoned that a vessel had capsized outside the piers. She was H.M. Minesweeper Unicity, with a crew of fifteen.
A light N.E. wind was blowing,...
Arthur Frederick Evans
ARTHUR FREDERICK EVANS died on the 24th May, 1961, at the age of 89.
He was appointed Surveyor of Machinery of the Institution in 1914, a position which he held until his retire- ment in 1926. He was largely responsible for...
Category: Obituaries