LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Naming Ceremonies: Ireland. Kilmore and Hovvth
Two new motor life-boats have been sent to the Irish coast this year: Kil- more, County Wexford, and Howth, County Dublin.
Kilmore, County Wexford.
The new motor life-boat at Kilmore has replaced a pulling...
Category: Inaugurations
Luffness
Aberdeen. On the morning of the 21st of January, 1958, the steam trawler Luffness, of Granton, went aground at the north pier. She was badly holed and her crew had decided to leave her.
At 10.45 the life-boat Hilton Briggs...
A Boat
Broughty Ferry, Angus. At 12.44 early on the morning of the 4th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man was adrift in a small boat off Hobby Horse bank, near Newburgh on the Tay estuary. There was a strong north...
A Boat (1)
LONG SEARCH FOR UNLIT BOAT Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.
At 10.10 on the evening of Tuesday the 20th of August, 1963, what appeared to be burning material was seen a number of times about half a mile off shore and two...
Letters
Seafarers all Kindly accept this 'widow's mite' in aid of your good service. I lost two brothers at sea and three uncles and my great grandfather served under Lord Nelson as a commander.
1 admire the bravery of...
Category: Correspondence
Thomas and Catherine Latham
During a strong S. gale on the 13th October, signals of distress were shown by the schooner Thomas, of and from Liverpool, for Amlwch, laden with coal, which was lying at anchor in Bed Wharf Bay.
The crew of the Life-boat...
Fishing Boats (2)
On the 6th February the Life-boat was again taken out and rendered assistance to fishing-boats. The early part of the morning being fine, the whole of the cobles went to sea, but about 11 o'clock the wind suddenly changed and blew a gale...
A Bathtub
THREE MEN who had set out to cross the Inner Wash from the River Nene to Hunstanton in a bathtub on Monday September 13, 1982, were reported overdue at 2115; the tub was lashed to inner tubes and an inflatable dinghy and powered by an...
Picture This!
Supporters have a chance to win another valuable prize in the Spring lifeboat lottery.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Your Shout
your shout Dear Editor i’ve always enjoyed reading the Lifeboat. this time i read it over breakfast when the washing machine – a noisy one – was on. the new eye-catching arrangement held me riveted until fi nally the silence drew my...
Category: Correspondence