LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Roadshow's Colourful Displays, Videos and Interactive Cd-Roms Pique the Interest of Children During Portpatrick Lifeboat Week
The roadshow's colourful displays, videos and interactive CD-ROMs pique the interest of children during Portpatrick lifeboat week. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Elm Grove
Buckie, Banffshire. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 26th of Febru- ary, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that Wick radio had received a message from the motor fishing boat Elm Grove, of Buckie, that a fisherman...
The Motor Fishing Vessels Provider, Ocean Venture and Success
At 9 a.m. on i8th April, 1967, it was decided that, owing to a sudden deterioration in weather conditions, the life-boat should stand by for the return of the motor fishing vessels Provider, Ocean Venture and Success which were at...
The S.S. Cabo Espartel and the S.S. Felspar
Dungeness, Kent.—In the early morn- ing of the 26th of May, 1950, in a thick fog, the S.S. Cabo Espartel, of Seville, bound for Valentia with a cargo of ammonia, collided with the S.S. Felspar, of Glasgow. About 3.49, just before she sank,...
There Are Many Facets to the Running of a Nation-Wide Lifeboat Service and Transport Is a Vital If Usually Inconspicuous Aspect
There are many facets to the running of a nation-wide lifeboat service, and transport is a vital, if usually inconspicuous, aspect.
The latest addition to the RNLI's road fleet is this 17 ton Mercedes 1726, a 260hp, V8... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Kentish Hoy
JUNE 14TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. At 10.25 P . M . a message was received from the Felixstowe coastguard, through the Walton-on-Naze coastguard, that a vessel was in distress one mile east of the Cork Light-vessel. A S.W. gale was...
Seven Ships including the Orminster and the Browning (1)
GOLD MEDAL SERVICE AT NEWCASTLE JANUARY 21ST. - NEWCASTLE, AND CLOUGHEY, CO. DOWN. At 12.45 in the morning a message came to Cloughey from the coastguard that a steamer was ashore half a mile off Ballyquinton, and at 1.40 the life-boat...
Mother's Joy
TOW FOR FISHING COBLE AFTER SEARCH Newbiggin, Northumberland. At 3.15 on the afternoon of the 10th April, 1962, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that the local fishing coble Mother's Joy, which was overdue, was thought to have...