LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Vera Mary
Bridlington, Yorkshire.—On the 17th November a heavy gale sprang up from the north, with a very heavy sea and rain. Several open cobles were at sea, and the motor life-boat Stanhope Smart was launched at 6.55 P.M. She went in the direction...
A Lightning R.A.F. Aeroplane
MARCH 27TH. - PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A Lightning R.A.F. aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but an R.A.F.
launch rescued one airman, and the other could not be found. - Rewards, £7 11s....
A Drifter
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—26th October, 1939. A drifter had been reported as flying distress signals, but she got into the shelter of Douglas Bay unaided.
The life-boat was out for nearly five hours in a gale with a heavy sea.—...
Britannia, of Belfast
On the even- ing of 24th February, the smack Bri- tannia, of Belfast, being observed riding heavily to her anchors, in an exposed position, during a strong gale from N.E., with the night coming on, the Life-boat John Turner-Turner was...
Above: Attaching the Inflatable Tubes
Above: Attaching the inflatable tubes to the Atlantic 21 hull. Surprisingly perhaps, the service life of tubes tends to be greater than that of the hull. Below: The Atlantic 21 in action - Southend-on-Sea's Percy Garon II. Photo A.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Ship’s Boat (4)
NOVEMBER 20TH. - COURTMACSHERRY, CO. CORK. A ship’s boat had been reported drifting, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £10 13s.
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MAY 11TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK. Flares had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £7 10s..
Illustration from the Lifeboat February 1881 of the Wreck of Indian Chief: Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford In Tow of the Tug Vulcan
Illustration from THE LIFEBOAT, February 1881, of the wreck of Indian Chief: Ramsgate lifeboat, Bradford, in tow of the tug Vulcan..
Category: Drawings
The S.S. Fleswick
HAYLE, CORNWALL.—The s.s. Fleswick, of Whitehaven, coal laden from Neath for Hayle, stranded on the eastern spit of Hayle Bar, in a strong gale from N.
and a very heavy sea, on the 28th January. At 7.55 P.M. the Life-boat E...
Harry
.—At 2.45 A.M., on the 13th March, the Coast- guard reported by telegram that flares were being burnt off Porthcurnow, close to the shore. The Life-boat Ann Newbon was launched, and when near Porth- curnow they observed a flare. They ...