LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Dudgeon Light-vessel
JANUARY 29TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
The Dudgeon Light-vessel had been bombed and marhine-gunned, but the lifeboat, which went out twice, found no one on board. - Rewards, £23 0S. 3d. and £19 9s. 6d..
The American Steamer Frederick Bortholde
DECEMBER 25TH. - STORNOWAY, ISLAND OF LEWIS. At nine in the morning the coastguard reported that an SOS had been received from a vessel ashore on Fladdachuain Island off the north of Skye, but that another vessel was standing by. A...
The Steamship Clan Grant
HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.—At 4.30A.M.
on the 21st March, during a N.W. wind, signals of distress were observed in the vicinity of the " North Stack," and in response the steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland promptly...
When the Duke of Atholl a Deputy Chairman of the Institution Visited Workington Last Year He Met Members of the Crew and Also Officers and Members of Both Workin
When the Duke of Atholl, a deputy chairman of the Institution, visited Workington last year he met members of the crew and also officers and members of both Workington and Maryport ladies' guilds. He presented the silver badge to the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coxswain at the Wheel
Staff Coxswain Sydney Hills at the wheel of the new 44-foot steel life-boat after completion of her trials in December. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Dowsing Lightvessel
Humber, Yorkshire - At 11.52 a.m.
on 28th April, 1967, it was learned that the master of the Dowsing lightvessel hadbeen injured in a fall and that medical assistance was required. With a doctor aboard, the life-boat City...
Driver on the roof
WEST MERSEA | 26 MAY
A van driver was forced to climb onto the roof of his vehicle and await rescue when the tide rose around him. He was trying to drive out to Osea Island, off the Essex coast. ‘The...
Category: Articles
A Storm Force Rally Was Part of the Celebrations of the 25Th Anniversary of the Worcester Ladies' Lifeboat Guild the Mersey Class Royal Shiphght Made Her Way I
A Storm Force Rally was part of the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the Worcester Ladies' Lifeboat Guild. The Mersey Class Royal Shiphght made her way inland to the Worcester Rowing Club quay for the occasion.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Life-Boat Service Abroad
FRANCE.
THE " Annales du Sauvetage Maritime," the journal of the Societe Centrale de Sanvetage des Naufrages, for the last quarter of 1913 shows that the Society has granted rewards for the saving of 21,275...
Category: Articles
Gifts from Crews
THE Porthdinllaen Motor Life-boat saved the French yacht Rose Marine and her three occupants during a strong N.E. gale with a rough sea on the 15th September, 1927. Out of the salvage money received for their services the Crew have given a...
Category: Donations