LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
H.M.S. Sturdy
OCTOBER 30TH. - TOBERMORY, ISLE OF MULL. H.M.S. Sturdy, a patrol vessel, was reported to have gone ashore on the west side of Tiree. The life-boat searched in a very rough sea, with the wind at hurricane force, but she could find nothing,...
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Exmouth, Devon. •— 15th January, 1938. A rocket had been reported, but a search revealed nothing.—Rewards, vellum, letters of appreciation, and money awards amounting to £35 18s.
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(Left) a Group of Retired Lifeboatmen
(left) A group of retired lifeboatmen from Lowestoft in the last century. When the picture was taken their combined ages totalled 312. (I. to r.) William Hook, 75, James Burwood, 76, Thomas Coleman, 80, and Matthew Coleman, 81.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lizzie and Daisy
At 9 o'clock in the evening* of the 11 th January, when a whole gale was blowing, it was reported that some of the fishing-hoats were at sea in a helpless condition with their sails blown away. Steps were taken to verify the report, and...
This Magnificent Photograph of the Old Folkestone Lifeboat
This magnificent photograph of the old Folkestone lifeboat, J.
McConnell Hussey, was found by Mrs Joan Hopkinson who kindly donated it to the local branch who in turn gave it to Geoff Cosford, proprietor of the Lifeboat Inn... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Russian Cargo Vessel Jushnij Bug
RUSSIAN VESSEL At 9.50 a.m. on I4th October, 1964, a shipping agency in Hull telephoned the coxswain superintendent saying that a woman aboard the Russian cargo vessel Jushnij Bug was severely ill and needed medical attention. At 10.30 the...
Valerie and Miranda
Caister, Norfolk.—About noon on the 29th of July, 1957, a small boat was seen from the boathouse to be flying a distress flag. She was towing a larger vessel and appeared to be mak- ing little progress north of the north- west Scroby buoy....
Jean Stephen
Wick, Caithness-shire. At 9.50 on the night of the 18th of January, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel was ashore in Sinclair Bay. At 10.15 the life-boat City of Edinburgh was launched in a moderate...
A Dinghy and San Toy
Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 2.50 on the afternoon of the 4th of August, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat with an out- board motor had broken down off Penmon Point. At three o'clock the life-boat Field...
Mary Ann
— The schooner Mary Ann of Faversham, •whilst bovmd from London to Hull -with a cargo of chalk, on the 26th August stranded on the Gunfleet sand. Infor- mation reached Walton by telephone from the Lighthouse at 5.17 A.M., and with very...