LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Albert Wilhelm
HAYLE.—The brig Albert Wilhelm, of Barth, Germany, bound from the Isle of Man for Fowey, in ballast, bore up into St. Ives Bay, on the 17th October, during a strong gale from the N.N.W.
and a heavy sea, became embayed,...
Offshore Lifeboat Services March April and May 1979
Aldeburgh, Suffolk March 27 and May 26 Amble, Northumberland March 29 Angle, Dyfed April 30 and May 15 Arranmore, Co. Donegal March 9, Hand 18 Barmouth, Gwynedd May 19 Barra Island, Inverness-shire March 24 Barry Dock, South Glamorgan April...
Category: Services
Mr. A. W. Hawkes, the Author of This Article, Pictured In His Workshop at Waldringfleld, Suffolk. No Matter What Is Afoot—Agricultural Shows, Flag Days and So On—Mr. Hawkes Can Be Relied Upon T
Mr. A. W. Hawkes, the author of this article, pictured in his workshop at Waldringfleld, Suffolk. No matter what is afoot—agricultural shows, flag days and so on—Mr. Hawkes can be relied upon to go almost anywhere and to tackle almost any... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dependence, Glanfeadon & The Douduard
— On the 18th March, during a whole N.E. gale, with snow showers, signals of distress were observed from three schooners at anchor in St. Tudwall's Roads. The crew of the Life-boat Oldham were at once summoned and the Life-boat...
The French Crabber Pluie de Rose
Penlee, Cornwall. At 6.12 on the morning of the 1st of April, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secre- tary that a vessel was ashore in St. Loy Bay. At 6.34 the life-boat W and S was launched in a slight sea, with a gentle...
Lifeboat Services
TANKER FIRE VISIBLE FROM FIVE MILES AWAY Sixteen seamen taken off blazing oil tanker The collision which involved a tanker off the Humber estuary on 17 September 1989, and the subsequent fire, made front-page news throughout the country, and...
Category: Services
Launches
ABERDEEN ON-1248(17-24):Dec24; Jan 12,17 D-536:Dec21;Jan12;Feb25 ABERDOVEY B-758: Mar 29(x2) ABERSOCH B-790: Dec 31 A RF R V CTWYTH MDcn T j i w i i n B-774:Dec28;Jan21; Feb 20,22(x2); Mar 3,23,28,30 ACHILL ISLAND, ON-1228(14-24):Dec7...
Category: Services
The Converted Ship's Life-Boat Joybell
Five men left St.
Helier on the 31st March, in a converted ship's life-boat named Joybell, on a pleasure fishing trip to Les Minquiers.
They did not return when expected and some anxiety was felt. Next...
The Fundraisers
Steeley determination! A donation of £25,000 was recently presented to John Clugston, chairman of the South Bank Committee Humber lifeboat appeal by Stuart Pettifor, managing director of British Steel (Sections, Plates and Commercial...
Category: Articles
A Great Rescue Recalled
ON Sunday, ist November, 1964, the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest of all life-boat services was commemorated at Whitby. This was the rescue from the hospital ship Rohilla.
The Rohilla, a vessel of 7,365 tons...
Category: Articles