LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Fishing Trawler Ros Aluinn
Howth, Co. Dublin. At 10.30 on the morning of the 12th of March, 1958, the coxswain heard on his radio that the fishing trawler Ros Aluinn of Howth had lost her rudder and was in need of help.At 11.10 the life-boat R.P.L. put out in a rough...
The Loss of a Life-Boatman on the Mersey
FOR the past four years no Life-boatman has lost his life at sea. When it is remembered that in that time 1,507 lives have been rescued from shipwreck, and that altogether, on service and exer- cise, between 40,000 and 50,000 men were afloat...
Category: Articles
Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Jellicoe of Scapa
BY the death on 20th November, at the of seventy-seven, of Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Jellicoe of Scapa, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., the Institution has lost one of its most distinguished vice-presidents. Lord Jellicoe became a member of the...
Category: Obituaries
The Greek Freighter Skopelos Sky
Stood by in storm ON SATURDAY December 15, 1979, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Padstow lifeboat station that a vessel three miles north west of Trevose Head had transmitted a mayday distress signal and needed immediate...
Inset Right- the Band of the Royal Marines
Inset right- The band of the Royal Marines entertain the crowds. - View image in PDF
Photo: Kees Brinkman. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Above: the Aneroid Barometer That Featured In the August 1882
Above: The aneroid barometer that featured in the August 1882 issue of The Life-Boat Journal. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Sea Plane No. 898
The Life-boat Licensed Victualler was launched at 7 A.M.
on the 26th October at the request of the officer commanding the Admiralty Seaplane No. 898, to make a search for the machine, which had broken adrift the previous...
The Former Ship's Boat Helen
Montrose, Angus. At 3.9 on the afternoon of the 10th of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small motor launch had broken down three quarters of a mile off Usan. At 3.25 the life-boat The Good Hope was launched...
Lives on the line
A new pilot scheme created by the RNLI aims to keep sea anglers safe while they enjoy their sport.
Last year 11 sea anglers tragically lost their lives while fishing in the UK, and the RNLI responded to over 1,200...
Category: Articles
The Cabin-Cruiser Diana II
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 3.15 in the early morning of the 18th of August, 1952, the Wyke Regis coastguard tele- phoned that a boat was burning red flares off Sandsfoot Castle, Portland, and that the naval authorities were sending a tug. At 3.30...