LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Fishing Coble
On the 27th February, the Life-boat afforded help to the crew of a fishing coble who had lost their way in a very thick fog. *A life-belt was given to each of the three men and the boat was taken in tow, one of the Life-boat men going on...
A Boat
7th De- cember. Two boys in a boat had got lost in a fog, but made land unaided.
The father of one of the boys gave the life-boat crew fifty guineas in appre- ciation of their search. — Rewards, £24 8s. 6d..
Two Vessels
Walmer, Kent.—15th March, 1938.
Two vessels had been in collision, but the crew of one had been taken off by a Belgian steamer, and the other vessel could not be found in the fog.— Rewards, £29 Os. Qd..
A Sailing Yacht (2)
AUG. 31ST. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A small sailing yacht with two men on board had broken adrift and was being carried out to sea in a dense fog, but when the motor life-boat found her she was safely at anchor and did not need help. -...
The S.S. City of Bristol and the S.S. Selnes
Southend'On-Sea, Essex.—At 5.40 in the evening, on the 26th of November, 1950, the pier head signal station re- ported a message from the Walton-on- Naze coastguard. The S.S. City of Bristol, of Glasgow, had been in collision with the...
The Long Tow
The new Gorleston 44-foot steel life-boat Khami bringing in the Theodora after a round trip of nearly 100 miles on 4th September, 1967, when the 38-ton auxiliary yacht carrying 14 people got into difficulties in the North Sea. The photograph... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Primula
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 2.55 on the afternoon of the 16th of June, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Primula of Peterhead was ashore in Burnhaven Bay. At 3.15 the life-boat Julia Park Barry...
Naming Ceremonies
Padstow April 15, 1985 The strong gales that had lashed the Cornish coasts during the weekend subsided in time for Monday April 15, which dawned overcast but calm and dry. By mid-day the crowds were beginning to line the tiny harbour's...
Category: Inaugurations
The S.S. Binnendijk
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 11.15 P.M.
* * on the 7th October, 1939, the coastguard informed the life-boat station that signals of distress had been seen near Grove Point. A message was received a few minutes later that a ship was...
Above: Porthcawl Pier.
Above: Ponhcaw! Pier. Even on a much calmer day, waves are still crashing over the pier. The sea was far rougher on the day of the rescue. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs