LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Ex-HDML Eun Mara an Tar
Broken Steering Gear ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1973, Second Coxswain Rowley at Scarborough, Yorkshire (the coxswain being away on holiday), was informed at 11.22 p.m. by the duty officer of the lighthouse that red flares had been sighted off the...
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Barra Island, Outer Hebrides - At 9.20 p.m. on 30th July, 1966, the local doctor reported that a sick man on Rhu, Castlebay, required hospital treatment.The life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 3 was launched at 9.45 in a moderate to fresh south...
A Rowing Boat
Capsized rowing boat TWO FISHERMEN of Newbiggin launched their ferrier rowing boat to go out to their keep-box moored offshore at about 1115 on Friday, January 31, 1975.
When only a short distance from the shore, some 50 to...
Ben Aigen
DUNGENESS.—On the night of the 15th February, signals of distress were observed and the crew of the Life-boat R.A.O.B.
were at once summoned. At about 10.30 the boat was launched in a rough sea, the wind blowing a moderate...
(Above Left) Exmoiith's Third Lifeboat Victoria a 32Ft Self-Righter Pulling Ten Oars Double-Hanked Was on Station from 1867 to 1884 During Which Time She Rescued 15 P
(Above, left) Exmoiith's third lifeboat, Victoria, a 32ft self-righter pulling ten oars double-hanked, was on station from 1867 to 1884, during which time she rescued 15 people.
In one gale she was hauled on her... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ben Lucy
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 10 a.m. on 24th June, 1965, the coastguard reported that a cabin cruiser was firing red flares one mile east of Shoreham harbour. The life-boat Dorothy and Philip Constant was launched at 10.7 in a fresh to...
Lewisham Branch
The bowls club of Britannic House, the London headquarters of British Petroleum, held an invitation tournament in August. It was in aid of the RNLI and this photograph shows the players launching their bowls towards the centre of the green... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Dunmorc East, Co. Waterford. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 22nd of April, 1958, the owner of a local hotel told the honorary secretary that a young man had fallen over the cliffs at Portally while shooting seals and was lying...
S.S. Accomac
JANUARY 31ST. - MARGATE, KENT.
At 9.33 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel was sinking a mile E.S.E. of the Tongue Light-vessel. A moderate S.E. breeze was blowing, with thick fog, and the sea was...
Lucie Antoinette, of Nantes
On tho morning of the 16th March, during a strong gale from the E.S.E., and in a very heavy sea, tho schooner Lucie Antoinette, of Nantes, went on the Good- win Sands. Tho Life-boat Bradford and steamer Vulcan proceeded out to her, and the...