LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Billiboy Amity, of Goole
A vessel, which proved to be the billiboy Amity, of Goole, bound from Yarmouth to Grimsby in ballast, missed stays and stranded on the main at Eceles, during squally weather and a heavy swell, at 2 o'clock on the morning of the 30th...
The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
Category: Articles
Hephzi-Bah and The John
Amble, Northumberland. — In the morning of the 5th of July, 1948, the local fishing cobles, Hephzi-Bah, and The John, were at sea. At 9.30, although the breeze from the north- north-west was moderate, a rough sea was running, and at...
The Venezuelan Destroyer Nueva Esparta
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 12.40 on the afternoon of the 4th of December, 1953, the life-boat coxswain received a link telephone call from the Venezuelan destroyer Nueva Esparta, which was undergoing gunnery trials in the Irish Sea, that a...
Alethea and the Southern Cross
Howth, Co. Dublin.—During a vacht race on the evening of the 26th of May, 1954, the 5-ton yacht Alethea was dismasted off Portmarnock Strand about two miles from Howth. The yacht Ann Gail wirelessed a distress call for her to Portpatrick...
(A) the Tug Tystie Manoeuvres
In photo (A) the tug Tystie manoeuvres close to Green Lily to put a tow line aboard while the lifeboat stands by.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Top Right: the Kirkcudbright Boathouse
Top right: The Kirkcudbright boathouse is so isolated that the crew musters in town and travels down by Landrover.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Finnish Steamer Ascania
Lowestoft, Suffolk. — 7th November, 1937. The Finnish steamer Ascania, of. Wiborg, had grounded on the North-East Newcombe Sands, but got off again.—Rewards, £20 18s. 6d..
The Aberdeen Trawler Abergeldie
—When returning home, laden, from the Norwegian fishing grounds, the Aberdeen trawler Abergeldie stranded on the south end of Goswick Sands on 22nd March. Information of her plight was received- from the Coastguard and the Motor Life-boat...
After the Official Opening
After the official opening, honorary Beaumaris lifeboat crew member Jimmy Savile visited the RNLI stand together with Coxswain David Gal/ichan (third from left) and his crew.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs