LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Royal Charter and Our Maggie
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 24th January the motor fishing boat Royal Charter, of Grimsby, and the local motor fishing coble Our Maggie left Scarborough for the fishing grounds. By 1.15 P.M. a strong gale was blowing...
Bread Winner and Coronation Queen
COXSWAIN'S COBLE ESCORTED INTO HARBOUR Runswick, Yorkshire. At 11.49 on the morning of the 18th January, 1963, three fishing cobles were at sea in deteriorating weather and some concern was felt for their safety when they would enter...
Christmas Cakes Are Mrs Ann Martin's
Christmas cakes are Mrs Ann Martin's speciality and every year she bakes one and presents it as a raffle prize to Denis Morgan, honorary secretary of Shoreline club No 4 in Milton Keynes. So far £200 have been raised by her generous... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Wreck Register and Chart
ONCE more we are in a position to present to our readers a review of the casualties in shipping, the loss of life incurred, and the lives saved by the Institution in the year ending June 30th, 1912, based upon the Abstracts of Shipping...
Category: Articles
A Dinghy and a Boat
Whitstable, Kent. At approximately 2.15 p.m. on 8th September, 1965, the honorary secretary was told that a small dinghy with one person on board was in difficulties a half a mile off shore. At 2.20 the IRB launched in a strong southwesterly...
Naming the Port Askaig Motor Life-Boat
Miss Elizabeth Sinclair, the donor, at the microphone, with the Duke of Montrose, and the district inspector. - View image in PDF
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Category: Photographs
An Open Boat, Elizabeth and Mary Helen
CARDIGAN.—At daylight on the 16th April, intelligence was received at this station that. 4 men had been blown out to sea in an open boat just before dark on the previous day,'and it was hoped they had been able to get to Cardigan...
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1898
WE have much pleasure in drawing the special attention of our readers to the valuable statistics recently issued by the Board of Trade in their Annual Blue Book, which furnishes abstracts of the returns made to the Board of shipping...
Category: Articles
A Speed Boat and Heidi
Walmer, Kent. At 3.15 on the after- noon of the 19th of February, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a speedboat had capsized opposite Deal coastguard station about half a mile off shore. The life-boat Charles Dibdin...
Erin With His Owner, Local Pub Landlord Max Denning (Left), and His Dog-Walkers Jo Brand and Nick Warne
Erin with his owner, local pub landlord Max Denning /left}, and his dog-walkers Jo Brand and Nick Wame. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs