LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Parachute
APRIL 19TH. - NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.
A fisherman had reported what he believed to be a parachute coming down into the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £12 13s..
Leonar
The barque Leonar, of Hamburg, bound from that port to the Tyne with salt, went ashore on the Spittal Point Rocks, south of Newbiggin, at about 1 A.M. on the 22nd February, during thick weather and a rough sea. In reply to her signals of...
Lorn
HOLYHEAD.—On the 4th of April, 1886, at midnight, the schooner Lorn, of Lancaster, bound from Wicklow for Liverpool, showing signals of distress during a moderate gale from the S.W., the Thomas Fielden Life-boat put off to her assistance.<...
President Garfield
ABERSOCH, CARNARVONSHIRE.—Signals of distress having been shown by the schooner President Garfield, of Amlwch, coal laden from Liverpool for Abersoch, which was lying at anchor in St. Tudwall's Beads during a moderate gale figom the...
A Motor Launch
On the morning of the 23rd December, Coxswain Cook was called up by a messenger, who reported that a motor launch was on the rocks near the Lower Sandgate Road. The crew of the Life-boat were assembled and the boat proceeded to the...
The Government Lighter Devon
On the night of the 23rd October, the government lighter Devon, was totally wrecked during a gale and heavy sea on the Brisson's Rocks.
At,daybreak one of the crew was seen from the land, and the Cousins William and...
The Cuillin Mountains on Skye
The Cuillin mountains on Skye provide a dramatic setting tot the Hebridean Princess. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dover Lifeboat
Dover lifeboat station was delighted to receive a cheque for £6,000 from Customs officers from Dover Docks. The money had been raised mostly by holiday makers giving their spare foreign currency on returning to England. The Customs... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
William Robson
Coxswain at North Sunderland from 18— to 1867,. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs