LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Vancouver City
Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—14th Sep- ** tember, 1939. At 2.20 P.M. the civic guard at Cork reported that a man had picked up a wireless SOS call from the s.s. Vancouver City, of Bideford.
She was a vessel of about 5,000 tons...
Sunk By Enemy Action
The Danish steamer Canada from which the Humber life-boat rescued 14 lives on 3rd November, 1939.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fidget
On the evening of the 4th May the Foreland coastguard telephoned that a small yacht was in difficulties some distance S.E. of Shanklin pier. The life-boat did not go out, as a motor boat was standing by the yacht. Later the yacht sailed in...
The Life-Boat Setting Out from Leicester on Her 2000-Mile Road Tour
The Life-Boat Setting Out From Leicester On Her 2000-Mile Road Tour. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Old Coxswain
THERE he stands, somewhat apart from the rest, his eyes straining in the haze to watch her disappearing form. The Life-boat has been launched, and— amazing, incredible, as it yet seems to his mind—launched without him 1 For half a century he...
Category: Articles
Daffrobani
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.— At 11.56 on the morning of Sunday, the 1st of October, 1950, the life-boatWilliam Gammon, Manchester and Dis- trict XXX was at sea for adjustments to her wireless equipment when the coastguard announced that a...
Vasa
Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 7.50 on the evening of the 23rd May, 1961, the life- boat motor mechanic told the honorary secretary that a motor launch close to the life-boat slipway appeared to be sinking and that her crew had asked for help. A...
The 42' Belgian Sloop Colombe
Belgian sloop aground LYMINGTON ILB STATION deputy launching authority received a telephone message at 2035 on Friday, November11, 1977, from HM Coastguard Needles saying that the 42' Belgian sloop Colombe had called on her RT to say...
Foreign Medals
The Norwegian Government awarded silver life-saving medals to Mr. E.
SELBY DAVIDSON, honorary secretary at Tynemouth, COXSWAIN GEORGE LISLE, of Tynemouth, W. JOHNSON, the motor mechanic and BART TAYLOR,...
Category: Medals
The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
Category: Articles