LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Staatsrath von Brock
PETERHEAD.—On the morning of the 9th January, a mounted messenger gave information at the Life-boat Station that a vessel was ashore on Scotstown Head, about five or six miles N. of Peterhead.
The Life-boat temporarily...
Windermere
Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—At 6.15 on the morning of the 26th of October, 1954, the Cobh Pilots reported that the three-masted schooner Windermere, of Dublin, had hove to with an engine breakdown, and had asked if the life- boat would escort her...
Nellie Moody, of Nova Scotia
.—On the : evening of the 30th January, at about 8 P.M., a large vessel was observed to have 1 struck on the Parthingwy Rocks, near Moelfre. The Lady Vivian Life-boat, which had been sent to that station only a few weeks previously, was...
The Spittal Private Salvage Boat Margaret Dadds
About 7 A.M. on the 4th January, a fog-horn was heard to the southward by the fishermen and they at once assem- bled to man the Life-boat. Confirmation by the Coastguard was received that a steamer was in distress and the Life-boat Matthew...
Runnelstone
The Lizard, Cornwall.—On the night of the llth July the steamer Runnelstone, of London, ran aground under Hot Point in a dense fog. She was bound, in ballast, from London to Swansea, and carried a crew of twelve.
Her SOS...
Friargate and the S.S. Juan Illueca
Eastbourne, Sussex. At 7.5 on the morning of the 6th of February, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was thought to be ashore east of Beachy Head. After further enquiries had been made it was reported that the...
Martlet
It may have been a fairly straightforward service but there were some interesting sidelines. In the words of Captain Cowell, the station's honorary secretary at Douglas in the Isle of Man: 'At 1055 on Sunday 1 June the lifeboat,...
A Motor Boat
Exmouth, Devon. At 10.55 on the night of the 8th of July, 1958, the Beer coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the Seaton police had reported a 14-feet motor boat adrift with engine trouble off the western beach. Her owner had...
The Sir Godfrey Baring, of Clacton
Ox the llth of June Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., who, in the Birthday Honours List was made a Knight of the British Empire, presented to the life-boat station at Clacton-on-Sea, Ess'ex, the new life-boat which bears his name, and Lady Baring...
Category: Inaugurations
Life-boat Collector Miss Myrtle Graham, of Belfast, Receiving her Quota of Flags from Mr. Gerald Murphy (right) and Mr. Gerald Lenaghan, Members of the Crew of the Newcastle (Ireland) Life-Boat, in the Grounds of the City Hall, Belfast
Life-boat collector Miss Myrtle Graham, of Belfast, receiving her quota of flags from Mr. Gerald Murphy (right) and Mr.
Gerald Lenaghan, members of the crew of the Newcastle (Ireland) lifeboat, in the grounds of the City... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs