LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Fishing Boat (1)
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.—At 6.20 on the evening of the 30th of Novem- ber, 1954, a man at Northbay tele- phoned that a Northbay fishing boat with a crew of two was long overdue.He asked if the life-boat would search for her. At 7.10 the...
Protect Me II
Bridlington, Yorkshire. — During a moderate N. by E. gale with a heavy sea and rain, on the 13th August, information was received from the coastguard that the fishing vessel Protect Me II was signalling for help about three and a half miles...
A Boat (2)
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—10th June.
Search was made for an overdue boat, but she did not need help and reached Blackpool.—Rewards, £15 11*. 6d..
Top of the Form: Alton Branch
Top of the form: Alton branch present an annual trophy to the pub in their area which raises the most money for the Institution. Since 1982, the trophy has, each year, gone to the Railway Hotel whose landlord, Max Reitzler, has collected... - View image in PDF
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Portham
On the 20th October, at 11.30 A.M., the Russian brig- antine Porthan, of Aland, bound from Oruskjoldsrik to Antwerp, being water- logged, and in danger of foundering at her anchors outside the entrance of the River Tees, slipped her cables...
Life-Boat and Life-Saving Exhibition
The old Worthing life-boat at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Holding Position
Holding position at a safe distance, the crew tackle the raging fire.. - View image in PDF
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Fishing Cobles
When four of the fishing cobles were out fishing on the 5th January the sea became heavy, and the danger flag, intimating that it was not safe for them to enter the harbour, was hoisted.
Shortly after one o'clock it was...
The S.S. Brattingsborg
LITTLEHAMPTON, SUSSEX.—The Lifeboat James, Mercer and Elizabeth was called out at 1.30 P.M. on the 26th February, by distress signals shown on the s.s. Brattingsborg, of Copenhagen, which lost her propeller about five miles south of...
Ilfracombe - Mersey Class Spirit of Derbyshire
llfracombe's new Mersey class lifeboat Spirit of Derbyshire on the slipway ready for her naming ceremony on 29 September 1990 (Photo Jeff Morris). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs