LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Isabella Heron, of Blyth
During a strong gale from the S.S.E., and in a very heavy sea, on the morning of the 16th March, the George Houn&field Life-boat put off and succeeded in taking into Harwich harbour the distressed brigantine Isabella Heron, of Blyth, and...
Portrait of a Coxswain
Coxswain Henry C. Brown, of the Walmer life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 32). A member of the crew since 1945, he was appointed second coxswain of the Walmer life-boat in February, 1962, and coxswain in April, 1966. Since February,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Right) One of 20 Lifeboat Models Made By Jeff Morris and Used In a Number of Displays and Fund-Raising Events In the Coventry Area on Sunday January 30 the Mo
(Right) One of 20 lifeboat models made by Jeff Morris and used in a number of displays and fund-raising events in the Coventry area.
On Sunday, January 30, the models farmed the focal point of a lifeboat service at Radford... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Oasis, of Liverpool
On January 12th, 1868, a large iron ship, the Oasis, of Liverpool, struck on the rocks west of the Metal Mail, Newtown Head, in a south-easterly gale.
The Cambridge University life-boat, Tom Egan, was launched, and reached...
Pearl, of Carnarvon
On the 11th December, during a heavy gale from the S.W., the smack Pearl, of Carnarvon, at anchor near the Dutchman's Bank, hoisted signals of distress. On these being observed from the shore, the life-boat was launched, and reaching the...
Ice, wind and snow
When two holidaymakers in a hired cruiser started sinking in sub-zero waters, there was no time to lose …
Breydon Water, an estuary in Norfolk where the Rivers Yare, Bure and Waveney converge,...
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Selina, of Swansea
— On the 27th March, the schooner Selina, of Swansea, was totally wrecked on the Outer Stag Rocks, during a strong N.N.E. wind. The Anna Maria life-boat was quickly launched, but before she could reach the vessel, the master and a boy had...
Richard Thomas, of Belfast
On the 25th October the Christopher Ludlow Life-boat of this station was enabled to render valuable assistance to the brigantine Richard Thompson, of Belfast, which had •gone on Dungarvan Bar during a fresh breeze at S.S.W. The sea broke...
Acquire, of Inverness
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.—On the morning of the 30th January the coastguard reported that a fishing boat was making for the harbour, and that as there was a heavy swell running at the harbour mouth, and the boat was a stranger, it would be...
The Fund Raisers
Alors! Visitors to the Three Horseshoes at Turves, near Whittlesey, might have been forgiven for imagining they were in France rather than in the Fens of England. The landlord of the pub, exiled Frenchman Christian Kolich, and his wife Terri...
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