LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Steamers Lisburn & Baronminto, and S.S. Patia, Clumber Hall and Alcora
OCTOBER 30TH. - PETERHEAD, AND FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 6.30 in the morning a message was received at Peterhead from the coastguard that a vessel was ashore on the rocks a mile east of Rattray Head, which is about ten...
Fathers and Sons: Richard and Andrew Tollett Both Crew Members of Rye Harbour
Fathers and sons: Richard and Andrew Tollett, both crew members of Rye Harbour D class inflatable lifeboat, are the first Rye father and son to go out on service together since complete families were lost in the lifeboat disaster of 1928.<... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Emma
At about 11.30 P.M. on the 9th Decem- ber distress signals were made from the Long Stone Lighthouse, and the Life- boat Forster Fawsett was speedily launched. When about two miles out the Life-boat fell in with a steam yacht belonging to the...
Pride of the Dee, Isabella and Maggie Brocklebank
HOLYHEAD.—During a gale of wind from the N.W. by W., and a very heavy sea on the 20th January, the No. 2 Lifeboat Joseph Whitworth was called out by signals of distress exhibited by two vessels lying in the outer anchorage which were...
Anna Sarah
CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE. — The brigantine Anna Sarah, of Ipswich, while on her way from Ardrossan to a French port, with a cargo of coal, was overtaken by a gale from the S.S.E., when off the Maidens, on the coast of Ireland, and her sails...
Lifeboat Appeals
A LUCKY TEN PENCE ticket has won a brand new Saab 99 Combi Coupe car for Mrs Pat Walters of Farnham, Surrey, in a competition which raised £13,000 for the new Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, lifeboat. The car, donated by Saab (UK) Ltd and...
Category: Donations
The Isolating Box As Well As the Control Panel and the Batteries Are Made Watertight and Tested Before Being Fitted Into the Console By the Electricians
The isolating box, as well as the control panel and the batteries, are made watertight and tested before being fitted into the console by the electricians. - View image in PDF
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Category: Photographs
The S.S. Newbridge
In boisterous weather on the 18th February it was reported that a large steamer was close in shore, and was in imminent danger of stranding. Without delay the Life-boat Jones-Gibb was launched, and proceeded to the vessel. She proved to be...
Beaver
Workington, Cumberland. At one o'clock early on the morning of the 24th of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Beaver, which had sailed from Maryport the morning before, had not...