LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ontario, of Liverpool
On Sunday, the 16th October, the steam-ship Ontario, of Liverpool, struck on the Hasborough Sand, on the Norfolk eoa,st, during a strong breeze from the W.N.W. The Caister life-boat went off to her assistance ; but her services were declined...
Aglae
CAISTER AND WINTERTON, NORFOLK.— At 10 P.M. on the 1st June, a vessel was seen to get on the Middle Cross Sand and make signals of distress. The Caister No. 1 Life-boat Govent Garden was at once launched and proceeded to the...
The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
Category: Articles
Mill O' Buckie
At 1.30 A.M. on the 26th January the life-boat watchman reported a vessel ashore near the harbour. A whole N.W. by N. gale was blowing with a very heavy sea. The motor life-boat K.E.C.F., with Mr. Moncas, the branch secretary, on board, put...
The S.S. Werner Kunstmann
At 7.30 A.M. on the 14th January the Coastguard reported that signals of distress were being made by a vessel on the Goswick Sands. The crew of the Life-boat Edward and Eliza were promptly assembled, and the boat was transported for four...
Sarah Macdonald
At 12.30 P.M. on the 7th October the Coastguard received a telephone mes- sage from the Smalls Lighthouse stating that a schooner had struck a reef close by and was likely to become a total wreck; also that the crew had taken to the...
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
EEDCAB.—The Life-boat Brothers was launched for exercise at 2.15 P.M. on the 23rd June, 1892, in a moderate gale from the N. by E. and a rough sea, and, while under sail, the coble Wild Hose, of Eedcar, was seen, about two miles to leeward,...
Category: Services
Safety at Sea With Pyrotechnics-Part 2 Distress Signals and Procedures
HAVING decided which are the correct distress signals to be carried according to the size of craft concerned and her particular marine activities (Schermuly's complete range of officially approved marine distress pyrotechnics was...
Category: Articles
The Crew of the Helicopter That Rescued the Sole Survivor from the South Goodwin Lightship
The crew of the helicopter that rescued the sole survivor from the South Goodwin lightship Left to right: Captain Curtis E Parkins (awarded an RNLI Silver Medal for Gallantry), Major Paul L Park, Airman First Class Elmer H Vollman and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Services
North Eastern Division Cargo vessel sinks HUMBER COASTGUARD informed Superintendent Coxswain Brian Bevan of Humber lifeboat station at 2357 on Tuesday February 13 that the Panamanian motor vessel Revi was in distress 30 miles north east of...
Category: Services