LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Whaler Diana, of Hull
On the 19th Oct., during one of the worst gales experienced on this coast for years, the steam-whaler Diana, of Hull, was observed stranded on the Slate Run. The wind was blowing a perfect hurricane from the north at the time. The life-boat...
Four Months of Gales. 174 Launches; 194 Lives Rescued.
THE past winter has been remarkable for a succession of terrible westerly gales. In their frequency and intensity they have been unequalled during the present century. October opened with gales on eight successive days, from the 1st to the...
Category: Services
Notes of the Quarter
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 155 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to December 31st, 1953 78,497 Notes of the Quarter THE terrible disaster at Arbroath, following...
Category: Articles
Montaya, of Liverpool
On the 26th Sept., signals of distress were made from the steamer Montagu, of Liverpool, which had grounded previously on Wexford Bar, but had ex- pected to get off. The weather in the meantime had increased in severity, and it was now...
True Vine, of Fraserburgh
OCTOBER 1ST. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At noon the Gorleston coastguard reported a drifter on Scroby Sands, flying a distress signal. A light north-westerly breeze was blowing, with a swell. The motor life-boat Louise Stephens...
Hindlea, of Dublin
Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—At 6.25 in the morning of the 7th of May, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that the keepers of the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse had reported a motor vessel, a mile north of the Mull, drifting east - north - eastwards...
Border Chieftain, of Hartlepool
— On the 19th March, as the brig Border Chieftain, of Hartlepool, was coming into the Tyne under charge of a pilot, a sea struck her steering wheel, injuring the man at the helm, and she was driven on the Stones south of the North Pier,...
After the Opening Ceremony Honorary Secretary M Perrins Presented Coxswain/ Mechanic Frank Ide Second Coxswain John Clark and Other Members of Poole Crew to Th
After the opening ceremony, honorary secretary M. Perrins presented Coxswain/ Mechanic Frank Ide, Second Coxswain John Clark and other members of Poole crew to the Duke . . . who was then taken on an informal tour of the building by Major-... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In Competitions With Lifeboat Themes for Children Organised By London Co-Op Winner of the Painting Section for Children Under 11 Was Gerald Flynn
In competitions with lifeboat themes for children organised by London Co-op, winner of the painting section for children under 11 was Gerald F/ynn, and for the essay section for children aged 11-16 Carolyn Williams. Mrs E. A. Mewis, Director... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Launch of Samuel Lewis
Launch of Samuel Lewis towards the end of World War I bv horses from honorurv secretary Charles Grantham s farm. A driver sal on each horse, which was attached to the carriage b a trip link. As each horse approached deep water, his driver... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs