LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Relief Fleet - Atlantic 75 Susan Peacock
Susan Peacock, the first of the new Atlantic 75s, is put through her paces shortly before her naming ceremony. - View image in PDF
The new 75', a direct development of the Atlantic 21 , will gradually replace the 21 .. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Sailing Yacht
Margate, Kent.—17th April, 1938. A sailing yacht had got into difficulties off Hampton, but her crew of two were rescued by boatmen from Herne Bay.
—Rewards, £16 3s..
A Steamer (2)
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—5th December, 1937. A steamer had run aground on the Scroby Sand, but floated off and did not need help.— Rewards, £27 Is. 6d..
A Motor Boat (4)
Torbay, Devonshire.—17th September, 1939. A motor boat, with ten passengers on board, had not returned and the life-boat put out to search for her, but she got in without help.— Rewards, £9 7s..
A Vessel (4)
DECEMBER 21ST. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A vessel was flying a flag, thought to be a distress signal, but the flag was found to be her house flag and she was not in need of help. - Rewards, £7 4s..
A Boat (3)
DECEMBER 21ST. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
A boat had been reported ashore and showing flares, but could not be found, and it was presumed that she had got off.- Rewards, £10 8s. 6d..
Phirsaparoea, of Curacoa and American Steamer Pomona Victory
NOVEMBER 2ND. - RAMSGATE, KENT.
Two vessels, the motor ship Phirsaparoea, of Curacoa, and the American steamer Pomona Victory, had been in collision, but did not need the life-boat. - Rewards, £11 17s..
A Dockyard Pontoon
SEPTEMBER 20TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
A boat had been reported overturned off Portland breakwater, but it was a dockyard pontoon and the life-boat’s help was not needed. - Rewards, £4 7s. 6d..
A Steamer (48)
DECEMBER 30TH. - RHYL, FLINT-SHIRE. A steamer was reported to need help, but could not be found. It was learnt later that another vessel had rescued the crew and taken her in tow. - Rewards, £12 3s.
Ramsey Lifeboat
Ramsey lifeboat, the 37ft Oakley class James Ball Ritchie, setting out from harbour on April 10, 1986, in a north-easterly near gale to go to the aid of a cabin cruiser broken down 13 miles off the coast of the Isle of Man.
Category: Photographs