LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Charlotte of Woodbridge
On the 3rd June, the sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge, was wrecked on Whitburn Rocks. She was observed to be driving towards them with both anchors down, and on her hoisting a signal of dis- tress, the life-boat Thomas Wilson, belong- ing to...
Rook,of Liverpool
On the 16th January, the schooner Rook, of Liverpool, in making the Harbour of Dundalk, struck on the North Bull shoal, near the bar of the river. The Dnndalk life-boat was quickly launched, and proceeded to her aid, putting a portion of the...
Rye Harbour Station Closed In 1928 After the Loss of Mary Stanford and Her Whole Crew of 17 Was Re-Established As An Ilb Station In 1966
Rye Harbour station, closed in 1928 after the loss of Mary Stanford and her whole crew of 17, was re-established as an ILB station in 1966.. - View image in PDF
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Empire Queen of Dublin
On the 5th August, the ship Empire Queen, of Dublin, was stranded during foggy weather on the south end of the Arldovv Bank. The life-boat Alfred and Ernest, sta- tioned at Courtown, went out, in reply to signals of distress, and at the...
Mary Ann, of Whitby
On the 1st December, the coxswain of the North Briton life-boat, and 6 other men, with 2 horses, proceeded at midnight along the coast upwards of fcrar miles in the direction of Gramthorpe Haven, and there found a schooner on the sands, and...
Maria, of Milford
On the 9th May the schooner Maria, " of Milford, ran on the bar at the mouth of the Boyne during a heavy gale from E.S.E. The Drogheda life-boat was quickly launched, and after one fruitless attempt succeeded in taking off her crew of 3...
Victa, of London
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—On the 18th July the coastguard reported that a sailing barge about three miles S.W. by S. of Clacton pier had her topsail and foresail split. She was the Victa, of London, with a crew of two and a cargo of sand. A...
The Queen With (Left) the Chairman of the RNLI Commander F H R Swann OBE RNVR and the Chief Inspector of Life-Boats Lieut-Commander W L G D
Above: The Queen with (left) the Chairman of the R.N.L.I., Commander F. H. R. Swann, O.B.E., R.N.V.R., and the Chief Inspector of Life-boats, Lieut.-Commander W. L. G. Dutton, R.D., R.N.R., aboard The Royal British Jubilee during the naming... - View image in PDF
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Statement of the Several Life-Boats Belonging to Or In Connection With the National Life-Boat Institution
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Idaho, of Bath U.S.
Early on the morning of the 13th Jan. intelligence was received that a vessel was shewing signals of distress off this place. On the Life-boat Alfred and'Ernest being taken to the spot it was found that the ship Idaho, of Bath, U.S.,...