LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Jane Cookson,
April 1996 Jane Cookson, treasurer of Morpeth guild. Jane joined the committee in 1974 and became treasurer in 1976, a position she held until her death. Jane was awarded the Silver badge in 1991..
Category: Obituaries
Eugenie Auguste
CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN.—At about one o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday, 1st October, 1882, the brigantine Eugenie Auguste, of Castletown, bound for that port from Euncorn with a cargo of coal, was observed to be labouring heavily and...
The Queen Mary Collects on Edinburgh Life-Boat Day
The Queen Mary Collects On Edinburgh Life-Boat Day. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Dinghy
Ramsgate, Kent.— At 5.37 in the morning of the 20th of October, 1951, the North Goodwin Lightvessel wire- lessed that she had launched a boat to pick up a boy in a dinghy which had drifted past the lightvessel, but that both boats were now...
Suzanna D. and Trawler Speranza
Double call-out SHOREHAM COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Newhaven lifeboat at 1634 on Sunday January 22,1984, that a trawler, Suzanna D had broadcast a MAYDAY. She was swamped and sinking two miles south west of Beachy Head and...
The Motor Fishing Vessels Angus Rose and Rose Mary
Montrose, Angus. At ten o'clock on the morning of the 15th of March, 1960, conditions at the harbour entrance were very bad. A strong easterly wind was blowing, and the sea was very rough.
It was clear that the motor...
The Netherlands: (Above) Gebroeders Luden One of Six 2037M Self-Righting Lifeboats In the Knzhkmfleet (Below) President Jan Lels the Oldest Twin Screw 'All Weat
The Netherlands: abo 'e) Gebroeders Luden, one of six 20.37m self-righting lifeboats in the KNZHKMfleet, (below) President Jan Lels, the oldest twin screw 'all weather' lifeboat in the KZHRM fleet.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Amenity
Dfracombe, Devon.—-At 4 o'clock in the morning of the 26th of June, 1948, the coastguard telephoned a report from the Bull Point Lighthouse that a vessel appeared to be ashore at Morte Point but that she had made no distress signals. At...
The Dramatic Moment As Coxswain Hewitt Clark Brings Soldian
The dramatic moment as Coxswain Hewitt Clark brings Soldian alongside the sinking Boy Andrew to snatch the survivors to safety. The helicopter winchman is about to make his leap for the lifeboat in this photograph — he slipped and fell... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs