LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rosa
The steam trawler Bosa, of Montrose, in attempt- ing to cross the bar at low water, on the morning of the 4th August, was struck by a heavy sea, and having taken a sheer, stranded on the Annat Bank. There was a very heavy cross sea at the...
Ben Venue
PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. — During the night of the 5th April the wind, which had been blowing strongly from the north-west, increased to a whole gale, the sea becoming extremely rough, and about 10.30 A.M. on the following morning...
Runswick Bay
The Humber, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 18th August a trawler was seen to be aground on the Middle Binks. She was the Runswick Bay, of Hull, bound for the fishing grounds and tarrying a crew of fifteen. A light breeze was blowing and...
Cover Picture
Exercises at sea are part of the regular routine of every lifeboat station. On exercise the crew can familiarise themselves with the boat and with her lifesaving equipment, and, as a team, practise manoeuvres which, on service, may have to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Left) Two Pensioners from the Royal Hospital Chelsea Sgt George Wolfe (Left)
(Left) Two pensioners from the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Sgt George Wolfe (left) and Sgt Robert Moy (right), persuaded visitors to put more than £4,000 in their collecting boxes at the London Boat Show.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H.M.S. Witherington
APRIL 29TH. - CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. At 11.30 at night a message was received at Cullercoats from the Blyth coastguard that a destroyer was in need of help at the entrance to the Tyne. A strong westnorth- west...
Celine
On the 18th March theLife-boat Lcetitia saved the crew of the schooner Celine, which -was wrecked on the Holm Sand in a strong N.B. gale.
The master having refused to abandon his vessel, the Life-boat had to return to the...
Relief 44ft Waveney Margaret Graham photograph by courtesy of East Anglian Daily Times
Relief 44ft Waveney Margaret Graham photograph by courtesy of East Anglian Daily Times. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Galway Medals. Presented By President Cosgrave
Presented by President Cosgrave.
THE awards made by the Institution for the gallant efforts to discover the survivors of the Welsh trawler Cardigan Castle, which struck the rocks and sank in Clifden Bay, Connemara, on the...
Category: Medals
Saint Ronan (1)
Dover, and Walmer, Kent. At 7.12 on the morning of the llth of July, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary at Dover that two vessels had been in collision near the South Goodwin lightvessel. At 7.31 the coastguard reported...