LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Francoise Delille and the U.S. Motor Vessel American Builder
Holyhead, Anglesey and Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire. At 6 a.m. on 20th December, 1963, the coastguard informed the Porthdinllaen honorary secretary thata French fishingvesselwas leaking badly thirty miles west of Bardsey...
A Strong Appeal
THE manager of a large works in London has sent the Institution an account of the method which was adopted to carry out the annual life- boat appeal. The largest and strongest man in the works was chosen to make it. In one hand he had the...
Category: Donations
A Broadcast from Broughty Ferry
AT the beginning of June a launch of the motor life-boat at Broughty Ferry, Dundee, was successfully broadcast.
The broadcaster first discussed the work of the station with Mr. Hunter, the honorary secretary, and described...
Category: Articles
Hansy
At about 3 o'clock on the 3rd November the Norwegian ship Hansy, of about 1,500 tons, bound for Sydney with a cargo of timber, was wrecked at Penolver, owing to a south-west gale and heavy sea.
The coastguard with the...
Rensche
On the morning of the 14th October the coxswain was informed by the Chief Officer of Coastguard that a message had been received by telephone from Thornham, stating that the services of the Lifeboat were required by a vessel in distress off...
Ranzo
New Brighton, Cheshire. At 3.50 on the afternoon of the 6th of October, 1957, the Wallasey police telephoned to say a yacht was in difficulties in the Rock Channel opposite the coastguard look-out post. The life-boat Norman B. Corlett put...
The Turbocraft Doughty
Walmer, Kent. At 5.8 on the after- noon of the 20th of August, 1960, flares and rockets were spotted over the Good- win Sands near the wreck of the N.E.
Victory by the life-boat mechanic and others on the sea front. A...
The Faroese Fishing Vessel Albert Victor, of Vaag
APRIL. 10TH. - ABERDEEN. The Faroese fishing vessel Albert Victor, of Vaag, with a cargo of fish, arrived off Aberdeen during the afternoon and was instructed to go to Hull.
A pilot went on board her, but her compass was...
Orient
On the 16th December the same Life- boat rendered most important service to the Orient, a brig belonging to Stenton, which stranded at the mouth of Eye Har- bour during stormy weather and a fresh breeze at S.E..
First Launch for the Four Boys
At 1030 on 28 November 1991, Sennen Cove's new Mersey class lifeboat The Four Boys, the first Mersey to be allocated to a slipway station, sped down the slipway on its first launch at its new home.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs