LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Nora, of Liverpool
Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. — Shortly after 4 A.M. oil the 23rd November, 1938, the coastguard telephoned that Corsewall lightkeepers had reported a a vessel apparently in distress near Milleur Beacon. A S.W. gale was blowing, with a rough...
Annual Report
AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Mansion House, on Friday, the 21st day of March, 1873, The Right Hon. SIR SYDNEY H. WATERLOW, Lord Mayor of London, in the Chair, the following Report of...
Category: Annual Reports
Hamilton Grey of Liverpool
On the 2nd January, 1864, the barque Hamilton Gray, of Liverpool, ran ashore on DundramBar. The Newcastle life-boat proceeded to her, and took off 2 of her crew, when the boat was struck by a heavy sea, and got seriously damaged alongside...
Catherine, of Liverpool
On the llth June, during a fresh gale of wind from the north, the sloop Catherine, of Liverpool, was observed in a dismasted state, with signals of distress flying, about 4 miles off this place. The Rhyl tubular life-boat went off, and...
Practising Beaching to Land Well Clear of Possible Breaking Waves Or Heavy Surf: As the Helmsman Brings the Atlantic 21 Lifeboat In at Speed the Two Crew Members Prepare to Tilt Up the Outboard
Practising beaching, to land well clear of possible breaking waves or heavy surf: as the helmsman brings the Atlantic 21 lifeboat in at speed the two crew members prepare to tilt up the outboard engines clear of the ground.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coonatto, of London,
On the 21st February at 8.30 A.M.
this Life-boat again proceeded to Beachy Head to the assistance of the barque Coonatto, of London, which vessel, while on a voyage from Adelaide to London, with wool and copper, got ashore...
BRINGING 200 TONNES OF TRAWLER HOME
Kieran had to work fast. In high winds, a trawler’s heaving line had got tangled around the lifeboat’s searchlight and radar. Someone had to climb up and cut it loose or the next big swell could bring the gear down …
The...
Category: Articles
Chandos, of Grimsby
APRIL, 22ND. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
At 10.55 at night the life-boat watchman reported a vessel aground on the Binks. Shortly afterwards she signalled SOS by whistle. The weather was fine, with a light variable wind and a...
Naiad, of Colchester
The Parsee life-boat, at Palling, went out to the stranded schooner Naiad, of Col- chester, and remained alongside the vessel some time, rendering assistance.
A History of Rockets
The First Sixty Years, by C. R.
Thompson, states in the form of a well-illustrated and well-produced booklet the story of the development of the Schermuly pistol rocket apparatus.
It was in May 1897 that...
Category: Articles