LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Louis Marguerite and the S.S. Miervaldis
MARCH 17TH. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.
At 2.45 P.M. the coastguard reported that the French steamer Louis Marguerite was in need of help ten miles S.W. of Penzance. A strong S.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea and thick fog....
The Duchess of Kent and Coxswain Upperton
Coxswain Upperton has twice won the silver medal. The first time was in the war of 1939 to 1945. In the war of 1914 to 1918 he was serving with the Colds,tream Guards in France.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
John Robert, White Rose and Little Madge (1)
Cromer, and Sheringham, Norfolk.—On the morning of the 2nd April the fishing boats John Robert and White Rose, of Cromer, and Little Madge, of Sheringham, each with a crew of two, put to sea in fine weather. The weather changed, and at about...
The Motor Fishing Vessels Easter Morn and Galilee
ESCORTED VESSELS Whitby, Yorkshire. At 11 a.m. on 3rd January, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that two motor fishing vessels, the Easter Morn and Galilee, were at sea in deteriorating weather conditions. The life-boat...
Harbour Life-Boats and the Life-Preserving Apparatus
WE are desirous of calling the attention of Commissioners of harbours, docks, and piers to the following clauses of an Act of Parliament, relative to the providing of life-boats and the life-preserving apparatus by the undertakers of such...
Category: Articles
Services
Date Station 1960 Jan. 1 Scarborough ..
„ 2 Walton and Frinton „ 3 Kilmore „ 13 Filey ..
„ 16 Whitby „ 17 Swanage „ 19 Southend-on-Sea 20 Arklow „ 20 Tynemouth ..
„ 21 Gal way Bay...
Category: Services
Jane
Ilfracombe, North Devon.—At 5.30 on the afternoon of the 3rd of May, 1956, Lloyds agent at Lynmouth reported to the coxswain that the small motor boat Jane, of Ilfracombe, was drifting with the tide off Lynmouth. At 6.50 the life-boat Robert...
Income and Expenditure.—1st January to 31st December, 1874
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Category: Accounts
Moelfre's Tyne Class Lifeboat Robert and Violet
The Tyne towed her some eight miles to safety, in conditions which can well be gauged from the photograph taken by the lifeboat crew.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sesam
All in a season's work RNLI Divisional Inspector Colin Williams gives a round up of all things operational this Spring in the island of Ireland Our crews experience everything that the Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean can muster, as...