LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fortunatus, Gallilee, Mizpah, Noel, Pilot Me and Venus
Early on the morning of the 4th March six local motor fishing boats—Fortunatus, Galli- lee, Mizpah, Noel, Pilot Me and Venus —-put oft to the fishing grounds. By 8 A.M. the sea had become rough, and the river was running strongly into the...
The Flamborough Cobles - Quest, Doreen May, Imperialist, and Boy's Own
DECEMBER 1ST. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. During the morning the wind increased, and the life-boat coxswain who was out fishing returned. By eleven o’clock a northerly gale was blowing, with a heavy sea and rain squalls, and as some of the...
Honorary Workers of the Institution. No. 6. Mr. William Bertram, J.P., Hon. Secretary of the Dunbar and Skateraw Branch
NOWHERE on the coast of Scotland, or, indeed, on the coasts of the British Isles, has the Institution an Honorary Secre- tary who has worked harder and more successfully for the cause than Mr. Bertram at Dunbar.
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Category: Articles
HMS. Cam
OCTOBER 4TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.
On the night of the 3rd of October, HMS. Cam, with a crew of twenty-two, was being towed to West Hartlepool for repairs, by the American deep sea tug W.S.A.2. The Cam had no steam and the...
A Converted Ship's Boat and a Fishing Boat
New Brighton, Cheshire. At noon on the 31st of August, 1958, the motor mechanic's wife told the coxswain that a message had been received that a motor launch was in difficulties north of Seacombe stage. At 12.30 the life- boat Norman B....
A Sand Boat
17th Janu- ary. A sand boat was swamped in a very heavy gale and disappeared at once before help could reach her.
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Just Because a Lifeboat Has Not Reached Her New Home
Just because a lifeboat has not reached her new home and been officially put on station does not stop her being a lifeboat, as these two photographs show.
The Severn class allocated to Harwich on the east coast was taking... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coxswain Coyde and Mechanic Harris of Torbay Who Received Awards from the Institution for the Service to the Northwind
Coxswain Coyde and Mechanic Harris of Torbay Who Received Awards From The Institution For The Service To The Northwind. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston
GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK On the 6th August, 1941, the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston life-boat rescued the crew of twenty-three of the S.S. Aberhill, of Methil.
COXSWAIN CHARLES A. JOHNSON was awarded the silver...
Category: Medals
Vivetta and a Naval Cutter of H.M.S. Ganges
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 11.47 on the morning of the 23rd of July, 1950, while racing was in progress, the coastguard transmitted a message re- ceived from the Cork lightvessel. A yacht two to three miles to the north- east, was in...