LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Emily, of Ballycotton
APRIL 2 6TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK. At 6.15 in the evening a message was received that the fishing boat Emily, of Ballycotton, returning from Youghal fishing grounds, was drifting out to sea and flying a signal of distress, about 5 miles...
Memories of Boulmer
Memories of Boulmer I was very interested to read about the National Collection of lifeboats at Chatham in the Summer issue and it reminded me of an event I witnessed in 1954.
It was the launching of the new Boulmer... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Notes of the Quarter
THE weekend of 15th/16th August, 1970, was the busiest the life-boat service has known in its entire history. Winds of force 10 or more were blowing, and there was a spate of activity by both life-boats and inshore rescue boats, par-...
Category: Articles
Lady Ann, of Derby
LADY AXN, J.P., of Derby, who died on 17th January, at the age of eighty, had been a very great friend of the life-boat service for many years. She started her work for it in 1898, in the days of the Life-boat Saturday Fund, and in 1911,...
Category: Obituaries
The Brede: Prototype of a New Lifeboat Based on the Lochin 33
Overall length 33ft Oin Waterline length 27ft 6in Maximum beam 12ft Oin Loaded draught Aft 3in Displacement 8'/2 tons Engines Twin Caterpillar 3208 naturally aspirated marine diesels with twin disc MG506 2:1 reduction gearboxes Power 203...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (10)
JULY 9TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. An aeroplane had come down in the sea off Milford-on-Sea, but no trace of her could be found. She is believed to have sunk with her pilot.-Rewards, £3 18s..
Annika, of Gothenburg
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. At 10.35 on the morning of the 3rd July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a Swedish vessel was drifting ashore about two miles from Glas Island lighthouse and needed immediate help. A...
Peel Castle, of Fleetwood
Workington, Cumberland - At 7.35 p.m. on 5th January, 1969, the coastguard reported that distress flares had been sighted off Workington. The life-boat Manchester and Salford XXIX slipped her moorings at 8 o'clock. It was low water. The...
A Steamer (2)
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—13th September, 1939. A steamer had been reported ashore, but when the life-boat arrived she found that she had refloated without help and was able to go on her way .—Rewards, £11 5s..
St Michael, of Harve
On the 18th September, the brig St. Michael, of Havre, was observed to anchor on the Crusader Sandbank, the tide being high at the time.
The wind was blowing very strong from W.S.W., with a high sea on. The Black- pool new...