LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Maria W.
TWO LIFE-BOATS OUT TO DUTCH VESSEL ON FIRE Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, and Caister, Norfolk. At 4.36 on the morning of the 17th January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston that a ship was...
Ismene
RAMSGATE.—While a moderate gale was blowing from N.E., with a heavy sea, on the 26th Match, the smack Ismene, of Ramsgate, was seen in Pegwell Bay, burning flares for assistance. The Lifeboat Bradford proceeded out, in tow of the steam-tug...
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At 12.48 p.m. on 26th June, 1966, information was received that an elderly woman had fallen over Arrowan cliff, four miles west of Coverack, and the assistance of the life-boat was required as the position could not be approached from the...
The Ladies of Hoylake Guild
The ladies of Hoylake guild at a coffee morning which raised £430. It was held at The Hermitage, Caldv, the home of the guild's treasurer, Mrs B. M. Frazer. The enthusiasm of the helpers and the fine weather both persuaded guests to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Right Lines for Blue Peter Lifeboat
She is pictured here just a little over half-way through the righting procedure, water streaming from her decks and upper steering position. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Danish Tugs Aegir and Garm
Caister, Norfolk.—At 9.20 on the morning of the 26th of December, 1952, the commanding officer of the fast patrol boat Havoernen, of the Royal Danish Navy, which had been aground on the Scroby Sands since the 3rd of Decem- ber, wirelessed...
The Mersey Class Lifeboat Moira Barrie,
The Mersey class lifeboat Moira Barrie, the 26th of the class, is now stationed at Barmouth. She was funded almost entirely by a legacy left by Miss Moira Barrie of the Broadway Guild in Worcestershire.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H.M.S. Fossbeck
SEPTEMBER 2ND. - WALMER, KENT. A leading seaman on H.M.S. Fossbeck had his skull fractured when a bucket of ashes fell on him, and at six in the morning the motor life-boat Langham, on temporary duty at the station, was launched, with a...
Foresters support SOS
The financial solutions company Foresters is lending a helping hand to this year’s SOS Day by sponsoring fundraising material for schools. Mailings, SOS champion packs for Storm Force members and a host of online downloads hope to encourage...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Vikvall
The s.s. Vikvall, of Oskaishamn, Sweden, stranded on the Haisborough Sands, about'one mile S.E. of the South Middle Haisborough Buoy, on 24th December, while bound, in ballast, to Hartlepool. The weather was misty, and a strong westerly...