LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Francis
In response to a message, received through the Coast- guard, stating that a shipwrecked crew were taking refuge on the Long Sand Light-vessel, the No. 2 Life-boat Civil Service No. 1 was launched at 6.55 P.M.
on the 22nd...
Life-Boat Signals
LIFE-BOAT SIGNALS.
SIGNIFICATION.
NIGHT.
DAY.
1.—DANGER SEEN.
(To be answered from adjoining Stations as soon as observed.') Two Red-Star...
Category: Drawings
Three Rowing Boats and a Motor Boat
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 2nd July, 1961, members of the life-boat crew and others on shore noticed that three rowing boats, each with a crew of three, appeared to be having difficulty in making the shore....
Ruby
Workington, Cumberland.—At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 6th of September, 1957, it was learnt that the fishing boat Ruby, which had taken two Trinity House engineers out to the South Workington buoy, was adrift near the...
Marie Flore
MAY 5TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
At about midnight on the 4th May information was received from the Padstow coastguard that a convoy had been attacked from the air about ten miles N. by W. of Stepper Point, and that one of...
Rebecca and Mary
PORTHDINLLAEN.—At daybreak on the 30th Jan. the schooner Rebecca and Mary, of Carnarvon, was observed riding at anchor in a dangerous position off the Lifeboat Station, with a signal of distress flying. It was blowing a hard gale from N.N.W....
Deirdre
Clogher Head, Co. Louth.—At 11.25 on the night of the 23rd of June, 1955, the Skerries Sailing Club reported that the 17-feet yacht Deirdre, of Rush, with a crew of two, had left Rush at seven o'clock for Skerries, but wasnow drifting...
A Lifeboat Float Built By Whitstable Crew Took Part In Five Local Carnivals Last Summer and Won Several Prizes It Is Seen Here at Herne Bay Carnival
A lifeboat float built by Whitstable crew took part in five local carnivals last summer and won several prizes. It is seen here at Herne Bay carnival.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rosemary, Hilda II, Betty Sheader and Premier
COBLES ESCORTED AS GALE SPRINGS UP Scarborough, Yorkshire. On the 18th January, 1963, the weather deteriorated rapidly, and as several local fishing boats were at sea the honorary secretary gave permission for the life-boat to be launched....
Morning Star
GORLESTON.—On the 9th October, at about 2 P.M., the No. 2 Life-boat, Leicester, was launched and proceeded to the assistance of the dandy Morning Star, of Great Yarmouth, on a fishing voyage with a crew of six men, which had stranded on the...