LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dunmore East
DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD On the 28th February, 1941, the Dunmore East life-boat rescued the crew of seven of the motor trawler Ibis.
SECOND COXSWAIN PATRICK POWER was awarded the bronze medal..
Category: Medals
Donaghadee
DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN On the 21st November, 1940, the Donaghadee life-boat rescued seven of the crew of the S.S. Coastville, of Liverpool, and on the 6th December, 1940, landed nine of the crew of the S.S. Hope Star, of...
Category: Medals
The Life-Boat
From an engraving by J. H. Kernot of a drawing by W. Daniel], R.A., which appeared in The English Annual for 1837..
Category: Drawings
A Small Yacht (3)
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire.—20th September. A small yacht had capsized, but a rowing boat from Penarthrescued the crew.—Rewards, £5 3s.
[An account of the rescue by the small boat will appear in the next number of The...
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SEPTEMBER 2ND. - WELLS, NORFOLK.
Red flares had been seen, but nothing could be found, and it was later reported that an RAF. rescue boat had picked up four airmen. - Rewards, £22 14s. 3d. (See Skegness, “Accounts of...
A Sailing Barge (1)
Southend'on-Sea, Essex.—12th December, 1937. A sailing barge had struck a sunken wreck off Low Way Buoy and sank, but her crew had already left her when the life-boat arrived.—Rewards, £19 10*..
Severn
The prototype Severn class Loa 17m (55ft 9in) Beam 5.5m (18ft) Draft 1.68m (5ft 6in) Displacement 37.5 tonnes Speed 25 knots. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Small Boat
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—8th December, 1937. An angler in a small boat was overdue, but a long search failed to find him. He had been picked up by a fishing boat. The Brighton Deep Sea Anglers sent a letter of thanks and became annual...
H.M.S. Astronomer
JUNE. 1ST, WICK. CAITHNESS-SHIRE.
An explosion had been heard on board H.M.S. Astronomer, thirty miles away, but the life-boat found nothing, and it was learnt later that the survivors had been picked up by trawlers. -...
Two Whitby Cobles, the Mary Alice and the Tranquil
WHITBY.— Two Whitby cobles, the Mary Alice and the Tranquil, which were returning from the fishing-ground in a light wind and a strong sea on the 12th March, were seen in the offing, and as it was evident that they would run considerable...