LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Afon Dulais
The Coastguard telephoned to the Honorary Secretary at 1.15 A.M. on the 8th January that a steamer, which was found later to be the Afon Dulais, of Llanelly, bound for Port Talbot with pig iron, was aground on the Mixon Sands. A light N.N.W....
Your Letters
Coxswain's Thank-you Having been persuaded to be involved in the RNLI Christmas Appeal letter, I was overwhelmed with the amazing response - which resulted in donations totalling £400,000.
Several hundred...
Category: Correspondence
Tatam II
New Brighton, Cheshire. — During the early afternoon of the 15th of September, 1948, the Hoy lake coastguard reported that a barge had broken away from her tug in Liverpool Bay and had anchored, but was dragging towards the Burbo Bank, and...
A Dinghy and Aaron
Day of dedication NEWBIOGIN LIFEBOAT, the 37' Oakley Mary Joicey, launched on service twice on Sunday, August 1. At 1520 a service of dedication was in progress when members of the congregation noticed an inflatable dinghy being blown...
Mexico
An account of the rescue of part of the crew of the schooner Mexico on the 20th— 23rd February, 1914, when the Life- boat was wrecked, appears on page 144 of the May LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL..
(Above) Wheelhouse Looking Forward from Steering Position Past Wheel and Compass In Its Binnacle to the Engine Room After Bulkhead Various Control Switches and T
(Above) Wheelhouse, looking forward from steering position past wheel and compass in its binnacle to the engine room after bulkhead.
Various control switches and the revolution counters are under the coxswain's eye.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Past and Present
25 years ago This issue of the journal will appear at the 1994 London Boat Show, exactly 25 years after the launching of what became the Institution's Membership Scheme: The Yachtsmen's Life-boat Supporters Association from THE...
Category: Articles
General Gordon
The fishing smack General Gordon, of Lowestoft, grounded on the Cross Ridge shortly before 5.30 P.M. on the 1st August, and the St. Nicholas Light-vessel commenced to fire signals. The crews of the Nos.
2 and 3 Life-boats...
Two Canoes
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 2.6 on the afternoon of the 26th of November, 1960, the coast- guard learnt from the police that two canoes had capsized in Breydon Water.
This information was passed by the...
Actaeon
WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—In the early morning of the 27th February, during moderate but cold weather, a barque was observed on the Hasboro' Sands.
The No. 2 Life-boat, Margaret, was launched and made for the wreck; on the...