LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Prince Lewellen & The Scotch Fishing Craft Victoria
In the early morning of the 6th September a tele- phone message was received stating that two steamers had been in collision about four miles to the southward of the Point, and that one was apparently sinking. The crew of the No. 1 Life-...
The Fraserburgh Fishing Vessel John Scott
Engine failure IN A STRONG north-north-easterly gale, force 9, and snow showers, the skipper of the Fraserburgh fishing vessel, John Scott, contacted Shetland coastguard at 1945 on Wednesday April 24, 1985 to report that his engine had...
Ross Fortune
Aberdeen. At 3.22 p.m. on 2nd February, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Ross Fortune of Grimsby was nearly aground in Aberdeen Bay and had asked for assistance. The life-boat Ramsay Dyce left at 3.44 in...
A Cheque for £160 Was Presented on 7Th January, 1970, to the Lizard-Cadgwith Life-Boat,
A cheque for £160 was presented on 7th January, 1970, to the Lizard-Cadgwith life-boat, winners of Westward TV's life-boat competition run in conjunction with the regional quiz programme 'Treasure Hunt'. Every time a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The American Steamer Chrysanthy Star and Energetic (1)
Cadgwith, and Penlee, Cornwall and St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.—At 11.5 on the night of the 25th of June, 1948, during a thick fog, the Cadgwith coast- guard telephoned the Cadgwith life- boat station that the American steamer Chrysanthy...
Under-14 Teams of Wold Junior Football League
Under-14 teams of Wold Junior Football League, East Yorkshire, have been competing this winter for the first time for a new football trophy for annual competition donated by the Lifeboat Crew's (Bridlington) Social Club. Fred Walkington,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Welsh Lady
Barmouth, Merionethshire - At 1.12 p.m. on 30th April, 1967, it was learned that a boat was on fire opposite Dyffryn, seven and a half miles north of Barmouth. The coastguard had been advised of the incident by a local resident.
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Renown
NEW BRIGHTON.—At 2.30 P.M., on the 19th July, intelligence having been received that a vessel was showing signals of distress, the No. 2 Life-boat Henry Richardson put off, in tow of the steam-tugBrilliant Star, and found the three-masted...
Portrait of a Coxswain
Coxswain Robert Lee, of the Douglas, l.o.M., life-boat fl. A ColbyGubbinNo.2. Appointed coxswain in April, 1950, he had been a member of the crew for many years. Coxswain Lee's grandfather was bowman until he was lost at sea while...
Category: Articles
Facts and figures
The Lifeboat Enthusiasts’ Society Handbook 2012 is now available, priced £6 (including postage and packaging).
It lists the names, numbers and locations of all RNLI lifeboats and station equipment, after-service...
Category: Articles