LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Guatemala
BROADSTAIRS.—In reply to signal guns from the light-ship, the Samuel Morrison Collins Life-boat was launched at 8.55 P.M.
on the 30th June. When about half way to the Goodwin Sands, she was taken in tow by the steam-tug...
Inventor's Description
THE above engraving shows the interior, and persons occupying starboard side of boat. It is entirely covered in from stern to stern, having a raised hatchway, with light, and is propelled by a screw turned by hand, the locomotion and...
Category: Articles
Coxswain John King: Awarded a Silver Medal for Gallantry After Taking Off Five Crew from White Knight In Hurricane Force Winds
Coxswain John King: awarded a silver medal for gallantry after taking off five crew from White Knight in hurricane force winds.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Dinghy (2)
North Sunderland, Northumberland - At 9.32 p.m. on 30th August, 1969, the coastguard reported that red flares had been sighted at the Inner Fame.
The life-boat Edward and Mary Lister was launched at 9.50. It was two hours...
Diligent
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 8.30 on the evening of the 10th of November, 1955, the life-boat coxswain reported that he had heard a wireless message from the fishing boat Diligent, of Buckie, that she had gone ashore near Duncansby Head. At...
Fishing Cobles
A strong westerly gale with a rough sea came up, on the 16th January, whilst the fishing cobles were at sea, and about 11 A.M. the Life-boat Ada Lewis was launched to attend them into safety.
The gale having arisen quite...
1945
Life-boats rescued 553 lives in 1945. In the first four months, up to the end of the war, they rescued 223 lives. In the first eight months of peace they rescued 330. That is, they rescued 55 lives a month in the four months of war, and 41 a...
Category: Articles
Barrus
Mariner doesn't just promise reliability.
It proves it! If you're considering buying an outboard, whatever the size, you'll have noticed that almost every manufacturer promises greater reliability as an...
Category: Advertisement
Calshot's Arun Class Lifeboat, Margaret Russell Fraser
None of this would be possible without your support - Calshot's Arun class lifeboat, Margaret Russell Fraser, goes to the rescue of stricken yacht Fat Diva in November 2002.
The yacht sustained damage to her port side... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Former Staithes and Runswick Atlantic 21
A former Staithes and Runswick Atlantic 21 lifeboat pictured on exercise near the west breakwater, which can be seen in the background. At the time of the Vellumwinning service it was almost submerged by breaking... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs