LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sidney Smith
.—-The Schooner Sidney Smith, of Portmadoc, whilst bound from Spain to Bristol with a cargo of iron ore, stranded at the mouth of Bantham Harbour, in foggy weather, early in the morning of the 25th March. Information of the disaster was...
H.M.S. Tug Leigh
DECEMBER 10TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 6.10 in the evening the naval control informed the life-boat coxswain that H.M.S. tug Leigh was sending out an SOS signal. The night was very dark and cold, with a south-east gale blowing and a...
Life-Boats of Several Nations In Leith Harbour
Life-Boats of Several Nations In Leith Harbour. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Naming Ceremonies and Dedications
Exmouth A WARM SUMMER'S DAY on the South Devon coast, royal visitors and a naming ceremony were guaranteed to bring holidaymakers, local inhabitants and lifeboat supporters to every vantage point in and around the Exmouth docks when...
Category: Inaugurations
Margate Life-Boatman's Death
IN the early hours of Sunday, the 6th of November, 1949 (see page 402) the Margate life-boat was called out on service and one of the crew, Benjamin Frost, cycled down to the boathouse at the end of the pier. As soon as he got into the boat...
Category: Obituaries
Ronald Zeghibe on the Bridge of Hms York With Lain Leitch
Ronald Zeghibe on the bridge of HMS York with lain Leitch. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Kedah, of Singapore
AUGUST 12TH. - ST. IVES, AND PADSTOW, CORNWALL. At 10.40 in the morning the St. Ives coastguard reported that a tug, with a steamer in tow, north of St. Ives Head, was making little headway. A fresh westerly gale was blowing, with very heavy...
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: JUNE 1990 Mrs Dorothy Rowson, founder secretary of Wainfleet and District ladies guild from 1962 to 1970 when she held the office of treasurer/secretary until she was elected as president in...
Category: Obituaries
The Shrimping Lugger Faith
LOWESTOFT.— The shrimping lugger Faith, of Lowestoft, when near the East Newcome buoy, reaching in towards the land, on the 19th March, had her sails blown away by a sudden squall.
The occurrence was witnessed by the...