LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Motor Coble Enterprize II
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 7th of December, 1950, the small motor coble Enterprize II had not returned from the fishing grounds.
A strong northerly breeze was blowing causing a dangerous swell on the bar; so...
The Rescue
A fair breeze the sails of the good ship was swelling, As gallantly homeward she sped on her way; While the song of the sailors was joyously telling, " Home looms in the distance, love brooks no delay." "Y'heave-ho, with...
Category: Poetry
The Figurehead Carried By the Trifolium When She Came Ashore at Land's End In 1914.
The figurehead carried by the Trifolium when she came ashore at Land's End in 1914.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lurcher and the Greek Motor Vessel Stamatios G. Embiricos
New Brighton, Cheshire. At 5.21 on the afternoon of the 21st of January, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a collision had taken place near the Canada dock between the coaster Lurcher and the Greek motor vessel...
Dotherel, British Defiance, Star in the East, and Hannah
SUNDERLAND.—At about 10 A.M. on the 22nd November, the fishing-boats Dotherel, British Defiance, Star in the East, and Hannah, were observed in distress about three miles S.E. of Sunderland during a strong E.S.E. wind and a rough sea. The...
The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
(See Diagrams on next page.} 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...
Category: Articles
The Value of a Life
No one can calculate the full value of a life saved, but in The Lifeboat for March, 1929, we published a calculation made by an Assurance Company which showed the minimum value, that is to say, the cost of providing the dependents of a man...
Category: Articles
The Motor Fishing Coble Reliance
Holy Island, Northumberland. — A t 10.40 A.M. on the 7th January the second coxswain reported that the local motor fishing coble Reliance was at sea. A moderate S.E. wind was blowing. The sea was heavy and breaking right across the bar. The...
The Dutch Motor Schooner Hermina
ON the 2nd December the three-masted Dutch motor schooner Hermina, which the crew, and courageous determination on the part of them all, could have had been sheltering in Fishguard i successfully brought the Life-boat, Harbour, left for...
The Fishguard Gold Medal Service
ON the 2nd December the three-masted Dutch motor schooner Hermina, which had been sheltering in Fishguard Harbour, left for Rotterdam. During the night the wind freshened until it was blowing a moderate gale from N. W., and she was compelled...
Category: Articles