LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Dredger Walter Glynn
A fierce westerly gale swept the Mersey during the early hours of the 27th August, and at about 4 A.M. the large dredger Walter Glynn, belonging to the Docks and Harbour Board, was capsized near the North Wall, Liverpool. She had a crew of...
The Lowestoft Trawler Renovate
Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 6 a.m. on 5th July, 1967, it was learned that the cargo boat Erctonia of Goole had the Lowestoft trawler Renovate in tow with engine trouble. The cargo boat had requested for the tow to be taken over. The life-boat...
When An Emergency Arises In a Particular Area of Sea, a Print-Out of Amver Vessels In a Specified Area Is Available In Minutes. This Information Is Then Passed to the Emergency Organisation Req
When an emergency arises in a particular area of sea, a print-out of AMVER vessels in a specified area is available in minutes. This information is then passed to the emergency organisation requesting it.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Notes of the Quarter
THE first number of THE LIFE-BOAT appeared in March, 1852. The first editorial began: 'If there be one subject more than another that might be expected to com- mand the attention and enlist the sympathy of a maritime country like Great...
Category: Articles
The Fund Raisers
Alors! Visitors to the Three Horseshoes at Turves, near Whittlesey, might have been forgiven for imagining they were in France rather than in the Fens of England. The landlord of the pub, exiled Frenchman Christian Kolich, and his wife Terri...
Category: Articles
Pulled from the brink
28 April: Tower A drowning man was pulled from the River Thames and resuscitated by crew and the police after he was spotted floating face down in the water. Helmsman Kevin Maynard explains: ‘One of the police...
Category: Articles
The Lifeboat Station (Inset)
The lifeboat station (inset) is on the quay at the bottom right hand corner of the caravan site.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Notes of the Quarter
THE months of May and June were exceptionally exacting ones for the life-boat service. In May there were as many as 78 service launches, ten more than the previous record figure for the month of May. The number of service launches in June...
Category: Articles
One of the Last Launches of John and Henrietta In 1916 Assisted By the Army
One of the last launches of John and Henrietta, in 1916, assisted by the army.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Sailing Boat Chums
OCTOBER 27TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 12.45 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that a sailing boat was drifting towards the sands. She appeared to be in difficulties. A westerly breeze was blowing, and the sea was...