LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Boats
Arbroath, Angus.—On the afternoon of the 28th of December, 1948, a south- westerly gale was blowing, and at 2.45 the coastguard telephoned that owing to the heavy seas the harbour entrance was dangerous. A number of fishing boats were out,...
Mona
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. — On the night of the 6th August the yacht Mona, of Heswall, bound for the Menai Straits with a crew of three, was seen to be riding at anchor in a dangerous position about a mile out of Llandudno bay. A strong...
John
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—On the 17th January, the No. 2 Life-boat Godsend put off and remained by the brig John, of Hartlepool, until the vessel, which had stranded on the Barber Sand, was, with the assistance of a yawl, extricated from her...
Leaf from Lloyd's List
AN interesting tabular return has just been published in Lloyd's List of the casualties to shipping, reported to Lloyd's during, the month of January last. They are thus classified : vessels totally wrecked, 145; part of cargo saved,...
Category: Articles
A Surfboard
Lone surfer saved in_near gale Eastbourne's D class inflatable saved the life of a surfer on 21 June 1997 in conditions which swamped the lifeboat when launching, threw a crew member overboard and needed the all-weather lifeboat to...
Brookes & Gatehouse Ltd
A memorial to the crew of the Longhope, Orkney, life-boat who lost their lives on the night of 17th March, 1969, when their boat capsized in severe weather conditions, was unveiled in Osmondwall cemetery by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother...
Category: Advertisement
Eva Lena
PENMON.—The ketch Eva Lena, of Liverpool, laden with limestone, was seen to run aground on the Dutchman's bank during a moderate breeze from the E.N.E.
on the 28th December. She showed no signal of distress, but hearing...
A Dinghy (3)
Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 3.20 p.m.
on 5th July, 1964, the coxswain of the life-boat Ann Letitia Russell, which was on a publicity launch with several passengers on board, noticed that a small dinghy with a crew of two was...
Chums
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Girvan - Mersey Class Silvia Burrell
Pictured (from left to right) are Archie MacKenzie, chairman of the executive committee of the Scottish Lifeboat Council and member of the committee of management, second coxswain Stuart Moffat, Mrs Sue Stephen, His Grace the Duke of Atholl,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs