LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ebor
HARWICH.—On the 19th February a telephone message was received from the Gunfleet Lighthouse and signals were shown by the Sunk Light-vessel. At 8.45 A.M. the Life-boat Springwell put out, and was towed by the steam-tug Harwich to the Sunk,...
Elsie
At 1.5 A.M.
on the 26th September signals were observed from a vessel to the north- eastward of the station. They were duly reported to the Coxswain, who promptly summoned his crew. The Mark Lane was launched, and found a...
Fishing Boats
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
On the evening of the 3rd of April, 1960, nine local fishing boats left for Berwick Bay. By midnight the weather had deteriorated, and the southerly gale was accompanied by a very rough...
Play A-Ground
Play a-ground Children from the Drayton Park Primary School are pictured celebrating the relaunch of the Oakley class William Henry and Mary King - in their playground! Nearly 1.000 people turned up to the school summer fair on 27 June to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Otto H.
Cromer, Norfolk.—The motor life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 2.25 A.M. on the 27th December, 1938, as information had been received from the coastguard that the 2,100 ton Finnish steamer Otto H, of Pori, was aground at Eccles, between...
While St.Mary's New Arun Was at Poole Before Sailing
While St Mary's new Arun was at Poole before sailing for the Scilly Islands she was visited by her donor, Mrs Esme Edgar, who in a small private ceremony named the lifeboat Robert Edgar. Coxswain Matthew Lethbridge and some of his crew... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (22)
JUNE 20TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At 7.48 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea about four miles to the north-east. A strong north-east breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The No. 1 motor...
Iona
TEIGNMOITTH.— The Arnold Life-boat put off at 11 P.M. on the 18th December to the assistance of the fishing-smack lona, which had not returned to Harbour, the weather being thick, the wind freshening, and the sea becoming very rough with a...
Fishing Cobles
Filey, Yorkshire. At 11.30 on the morning of the 4th April, 1961, in the absence of the honorary secretary, the motor mechanic informed the branch chairman that nine cobles were still at sea and, in view of weather conditions, the life-boat...
Abeja
At 1 A.M. on the 4th November it was reported that a schooner was in distress near Gribbin Head and wanted assistance. The Life-boat James William and Caroline Courtney was launched and proceeded to the position indicated, where she...