LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tisiphone and the Gleaner
MONTROSE.—At about 9 A.M. on the 13th April the wind commenced to blow from S.S.E., and the sea rose quickly, the coxswains of the Life-boats were therefore on the watch during the day in case there should be any call for their services.<...
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution—(continued.)
PADSTOW, CORNWALL.—On the night of the 24th October, 1868, during a whole | gale from the W.N.W., the steamer Au- gusta, of Bristol, went on the Doom Bar i Sand. When her signals of distress were i seen from the shore, the " City of...
Category: Services
At the Top of the Slipway
Damage to the No 1 boathouse doors. February 2nd, 1938. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Berwick Life-Boat
The Life-boat Grace Darling was launched on the 3rd February to assist the crew of the Berwick-on-Tweed Life- boat to make the Holy Island Harbour safely.
The Berwick Life-boat had put off in a strong northerly gale and...
the Silver Cloud
Coverack, Cornwall.—On the 22nd September a fisherman took three visitors out fishing in his motor launch, the Silver Cloud, of Coverack. They were expected back by seven in the evening, but as they had not returned by midnight, and anxiety...
The Lynwell Lightvessel
DENTAL CARES Skegness, Lincolnshire. At u a.m.
on 15th January, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man aboard the Lynwell lightvessel required urgent dental treatment and the use of the life-boat...
The South Rock Lightvessel
Cloughey, and Donaghadee, Co. Down.— At three o'clock in the morning of the 31st of January, 1950, the Tara coast- guard telephoned the Cloughey life- boat authorities that the South Rock lightvessel had fired a white rocket. At 3.15 he...
The Lady Louisa
RHYL.—A steamer was observed flying signals of distress about three miles N.N.E. of Rhyl pier, in a strong W.N.W.
breeze and a heavy sea at 5 P.M. on the 5th February. The Life-boat Jane Martin put off to her assistance...
From the Director
Printing deadlines mean that I have to write my annual message in mid-October - a convenient time on this occasion because I have just returned from two visits which, in their separate ways, confirmed that the RNLI is buoyant and in good...
Category: Articles
The Pilchard Seine
The Pilchard Seine belonging to this Cove being en- dangered on the 10th October from want of proper mooring, and the weather being too rough for launching any ordinary boat, the Life-boat Western Commercial Traveller, was lent to its crew...