LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
William of, Londonderry
On the 1st March the brigantine William, of Londonderry, was seen driving into Dun- drum Bay, during a strong S.S.E. wind.
She had her foremast carried away by the deck, and was waterlogged. The Life-boat Reigate was...
A Fishing Smack
RYE.—The Life-boat Arthur Frederick was launched at 5 A.M., on the llth January, and proceeded to the assistance of a leaky fishing-smack, which she afterwards conducted safely into the river.
There was a considerable sea...
Returning from the Rescue
The Motor Life-boat, Greater London, at Southend on-Sea (Essex), returning with five men and a woman, the crews of three barges in distress at the mouth of the Thames, on 23rd November, 1930. The mast of one barge which sank can be seen in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Hattersley (Ormskirk) Limited
Hattersley valves sail the wide world over, serving under many flags in the universal cause of safety at sea.
Hattersley (Ormskirk) Limited, Ormskirk, Lancashire.
Also at Halifax and London....
Category: Advertisement
Walter Groombridge
Walter Groombridge, who for many years was station administration officer and deputy launching authority of Brighton lifeboat station. At a ceremony in June the Newhaven, Shoreham and Brighton lifeboats gathered in Brighton for a simple...
Category: Obituaries
New Scarborough Life-Boat Named
THE first life-boat of the Oakley class was named J. G. Graves of Sheffield at a ceremony at the Scarborough lifeboathouse on the 11th of June, 1959.
The life-boat was a gift of the J. G. Graves Charitable Trust, and Mrs....
Category: Inaugurations
A Sailing Dinghy
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 6.55 in the evening of the 1st of May, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a fourteen- feet international class sailing dinghy, with a crew of two, had capsized half a mile south-east of the harbour, and at 7.15...
Delft
HELP FOR DUTCH At 2.5 p.m. on 29th August, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain superintendent that the Dutch fishing vessel Delft was approaching Spurn with an injured man on board and that a doctor's services were requested. There...
Mercurius H
At 11.45 p.m. on 26th June, 1967, a message was received that a sick man on board the motor vessel Mercurius H of Rotterdam needed medical attention. The life-boat Lloyd's II with a doctor on board was launched at 12.12 a.m. in a light...
Melvin
Aith, Shetlands - At 9.10 p.m. on ist May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Foula mailboat had been reported overdue. She was last seen six miles east-south-east of Foula, apparently drifting. The life-boat John...