LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Barges Asphodel and Kitty
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 9.10 in the morning of the 1st of March, 1949, the look-out at Warden Point reported that a barge was making signals of distress three miles east-north-east of the point. The motor life-boat Greater London, Civil...
The Annie Jane and Dolphin
On the 7th February, at 12.45 P.M., the Life-boat Mary Isabella put off in a strong W.S.W. gale and a rough sea to the assistance of the Annie Jane, of Feel, which, in beating up for the harbour, carried away her foremast, and signalled for...
Life-Boat Day Results
WE give below a list of the results, so far received, of Life-boat Days which city of London have been held during the Branch financial year which ended on the 30th September. With regard to the London list it should be added that a Day was...
Category: Articles
Old and New Passing Through
Caught on camera at Kirwall Harbour is the station's new Severn 1 class lifeboat, Margaret Foster, (centre) which arrived in March 1998.
She is joined by the ex- Kirkwall Arun class lifeboat, Mickie... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Esther Ann
On the following night, while the schooner Esther Ann, of Belfast, bound from Dublin for Wexford with a cargo of wheat, was attempting to beat up Dublin river during rough threatening weather, her top-sail split as she was passing the North...
Woodlark and Fishing Vessel Saphir
Sennen Cove, Cornwall.—At 4.35 in the morning of the llth of October, 1948, the coastguard reported a message from the British steamer Woodlark that she had collided with and sunk the fishing vessel Saphir, of Camaret, three miles north-west...
Lifeguards in Ireland and Jersey
Summer is fast approaching and the RNLI’s lifeguards are dusting down their rescue tubes, ready for another season on the UK’s most popular beaches.
This year, they’ve crossed the Irish Sea and will be patrolling in...
Category: Articles
Angela May and Northern Star
At 9 a.m. on 29th June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two cobles were still about eight miles north-east of the Brig and in view of the deteriorating weather they might need help. At 11.20 the life-boat The Isa &...
The Minesweeper Mastiff and Spartel
NOV. 2 0 T H . - MARGATE, KENT. At 10.45 A.M. the coastguard reported that a minesweeper was sinking, as a result of enemy action, a mile east of the Tongue Light-vessel. The minesweeper was the Mastiff. Five minutes later the motor...
Sky Lark and Fisher Lassie
During the night of the 31st July the Coastguard at Knab saw flares being burnt by a vessel in the South entrance. She was evidently drifting seaward. The Life-boat Station was warned, and the Motor Life-boat Lady Jane and Martha Ryland was...