LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Ringdove
At about 5 A.M. on the 16th November, in reply to signals of distress, the same Life-boat proceeded to the Middle Scroby Sand, and found the s.s. Ringdove, of Liverpool, ashore there in the midst of the breakers. With great difficulty and...
A Gift from Swedish Lloyd
ON the morning of the 25th of May the Swedish Lloyd Steamship Com- pany's new steamer, the 7,700 ton Patricia arrived at Tilbury on her maiden voyage from Gothenburg. She then came up the Thames to the Pool of London, and lay at New...
Category: Donations
The Drifters Loranthus, of Banff, and The Harvest Reaper, of Buckie
DECEMBER 7TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. At 5.30 in the morning the life-boat coxswain heard an SOS call.
There was a dense fog. A nasty swell was running with a southerly wind which freshened later into a gale. The motor...
Portpatrick January 8 1988:
PORTPATRICK, January 8, 1988: with her propeller fouled by her fishing gear, MFV Dumnonia was drifting on to a lee shore, four miles away in a force 8 gale and in darkness. Portpatrick's 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat Douglas Carrie... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mac Duff
PENZANCE.—On the 14th February the Richard Lewis Life-boat put off to the assistance of the ship Mac Duff, of Glasgow, which was riding at anchor in a dangerous position off Lamorua during a strong SS.W. wind and a heavy...
The S.S. Ignis
On the 8th De- cember the No. 2 Life-boat, Edward Z.
Dresden, was launched to the assistance of the s.s. lynis, of London, which struck a mine and foundered about four and a half miles east of Aldeburgh. Just before the...
Betsy and Meggie
On the morning of the 24th August, the weather being fine, the fishing fleet put to sea, but the S.S.E. wind freshened and caused the sea on the bar to rise, until about 10 A.M., when it had become so heavy that it was considered unsafe...
Pictured Top Left Matthew Edgar Receives His Letter of Thanks and a Goody Bag from Andrew Freemantle, Chief Executive, RNLI
Pictured top left Matthew Edgar receives his letter of thanks and a goody bag from Andrew Freemantle, chief executive, RNLI. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Little Ships Big Contribution
The Maldon Little Ship Club held a sponsored row in January and raised more than £4,000 for the Institution.
Some 43 boats and 150 people took part in the event, some of them in fancy dress.
Clear... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs