LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Converted Ship's Boat Venture
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 9.20 on the evening of the 18th of July, 1954, a life-boatman, who was at Gibraltar Point, reported that a yacht was flying a distress signal three miles south- south-west of Skegness. At 9.50 the life-boat The...
The Ex-Pilot Cutter Tubby
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 8.35 on the evening of the 26th of July, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a motor boat was adrift a mile and a half off Burry Holme. At 8.40 the life-boat Henry Comber Brown was launched in a...
The British Cargo Ship Kohima
Penlee, Cornwall - At 10 p.m. on 2 ist January, 1967, information was received that help would be needed to take a sick man off the British cargo ship Kohima which was four miles south of Penzance. The life-boat Solomon Browne was launched...
The Admiralty Drifter Lord Dunwich
JANUARY 19TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
During the afternoon the coastguard reported that a drifter had broken down south-east of Duncansby Head, and that the naval authorities were sending out a vessel to help her. A light...
The Ladies' Life-Boat Guild
THE Marchioness of Carisbrooke, who is already associated with the Life-boat Service as President of the Scarborough Branch, has very kindly accepted an invitation from the Committee of Man- agement to become President of the Ladies'...
Category: Articles
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1896
THE " Abstracts of the Shipping Casual- ties which have occurred on or near the coasts of the United Kingdom during the year ended 30th June, 1896," have recently been issued by the Board of Trade, and are of the deepest interest,...
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Three Weeks After the Visit of the Duke of Kent
Three weeks after the visit of the Duke of Kent to the north east, Hartlepoois lifeboats, the 44ft Waveney The Scout and the At/antic 21 Guide Friendship III. and Teesmouth lifeboat, the 47ft Watson Sarah Jane and James Season, were once... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Feature: Come See the Show
By the time this issue of the Lifeboat reaches you, the Schroders London International Boat Show 2004 will already be in full swing. This year's event, which runs from 8-18 January, is special for several reasons.
Not...
Category: Articles
On Passage With the R.N.L.I.
The passages of two new life-boats to their stations are described here by men who were aboard. The first account, reproduced by courtesy of the Eastern Daily Press in which it appeared on 28th October, 1964, is written by Dr. P. S. Barclay,...
Category: Articles
The Wreck of the Fishing Vessel Gang Warily
The wreck of the fishing vessel Gang Warily pictured from the cliff top two days after incident - when the weather had moderated considerably.
The difficulties of carrying out a rescue in an onshore Force 7 wind with the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs