LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Past and Present
100 years ago From the pages of THE LIFEBOAT, May 1890 issue THE LIFE-BELT USED BY THE CREWS OF THE LIFE-BOATS OF THE NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life-belt are:- 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy...
Category: Articles
Lord Kitchener Named at Walmer
Brisk winds did not spoil the sunshine in Walmer on 11 May when 200 guests attended the naming of the station's new D class lifeboat.
Len Stephens, honorary treasurer of the Welling branch handed the lifeboat over to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Surfboards
Surfer saved by D class in appal l|n g conditionsTramore's D class inflatable saved a surfer on 6 June lastyear in conditions which tested both the lifeboat and her crew to the limit.
In conditions which turned out to...
Svea
Exhausted crew saved at Aldeburgh After 25 hours at sea, the crew of two on the yacht Svea were in real trouble in rough seas near Aldeburgh. The yacht's sails had blown out and the radio was not working. When the Aldeburgh Mersey class...
A Naval Aeroplane (1)
OCT. 2 0TH. SELSEY, AND SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 1.13 A.M.
a message was received from the coastguard that the Bognor police had reported a naval aeroplane down in the sea off Bognor. A northerly breeze was blowing. The...
Carita (1)
APRIL 17TH. - DOUGLAS, AND RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN. At 5 P.M.. a message was received at Ramsey from the coastguard that an aeroplane had sighted a vessel showing distress signals about five miles to the southeast of Ramsey, and at 5.40 the...
April (1)
APRIL MEETING NORTH RONALDSHAY, ORKNEYS. On 3rd March, 1940, the Swedish vessel Lagaholm was attacked by German aeroplanes, and one of her boats, with thirteen of her crew, was seen off North Ronaldshay. A fresh westerly wind was blowing,...
Category: Services
Caribia
MARCH 5TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. The Dutch motor vessel Caribia, which had gone ashore on the Scroby Sands, and to the help of which both the Caister and Gorleston life-boats had been launched on the 26th and 27th of...
Empire Clara
FEBRUARY 26TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 1.32 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was aground on the east side of Scroby Sands, but not showing distress signals, and at 2.20 the Gorleston motor lifeboat...
An Open Boat, Elizabeth and Mary Helen
CARDIGAN.—At daylight on the 16th April, intelligence was received at this station that. 4 men had been blown out to sea in an open boat just before dark on the previous day,'and it was hoped they had been able to get to Cardigan...