LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Boat
6th Feb- ruary. A boat was reported to be in distress off Canvey Island, but it was found to be only a drifting beach hut.— Rewards, £15 2s. 3d..
A Trawler
Portaskaig, Isle of Islay.—9th February.
A trawler had struck a reef off Ardbeg, but a coasting steamer picked up her crew.—Rewards, £7 2s..
A Steamer (3)
JANUARY 30TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
A steamer had run aground on the Haisborough Sands, but she refloated without help. - Rewards, £41 2s..
Commander
About 1.20 P.M. on the 29th July the Coxswain received a message from the Coastguard at Tor- quay that a motor boat was in distress off Ivy Cove. A very strong squally wind was blowing from the W.S.W., with a rough sea. The Motor Life-boat...
George and Margaret
AUGUST 23RD. - NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.
In the morning a strong N.N.E. wind was blowing, with a very heavy sea outside the bay. Six fishing cobles were at sea, and it was feared that they would be in danger. At 9.55 A.M.,...
S.S. Queensbury (1)
JUNE 6TH. - MONTROSE ANGUS, AND GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE. At one in the morning the Montrose station heard from the coastguard that a convoy was being attacked by enemy aeroplanes thirteen miles E. 3/4 N. from Scurdyness, and at six minutes...
The Lifeboat College Opens In July 2004 - Artist's Impression
The Lifeboat College opens in July 2004 - artist's impression. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Small Boat (2)
APRIL 29TH. - EYEMOUTH, BERWICKSHIRE, AND BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. At midnight on the 28th of April information was received that a small boat with one man in it, and only one oar, had been swept out of the harbour by the ebb...
The Codling Bank Lightvessel
Wicklow.—At 2.15 on the afternoon of the 1st of August, 1953, the Com- missioners of Irish Lights asked if the life-boat would take a doctor to the Codling Bank Lightvessel. The life- boat Lady Kylsant was launched at 2.31 with a doctor on...
Cineraria
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.—At 10.20 on the night of the 19th of October, 1954, a woman at Sheshader rang up to say that a fishing boat had run ashore off Sheshader. At 10.45 the life- boat The James and Margaret Boyd, put out. The sea was...