LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Trawler George Stroud, Sunk In the Harbour Channel, Aberdeen
The Trawler George Stroud, Sunk In The Harbour Channel, Aberdeen. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Greek M.V. Georgios
Newhaven: The Greek MV Georgios of Pireaus sent out a 'mayday' signal on the morning of Thursday January 13 reporting a severe list; she was about 14 miles south of Beachy Head. Winds from west north west were gusting up to near gale...
The Minesweeper Erimo
FEBRUARY 22ND. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. At 11.18 A.M. information was received from the coastguard that the minesweeper Erimo had struck a mine about one and a half miles off the Mumbles, and was flying distress signals. A fresh S.E....
The Liner Calypso (4)
Cruise liner in crisis Six lifeboats launched on 6 May 2006 to the help of The Calypso (pictured). The 135m liner and 708 passengers were 15 miles south of Beachy Head, East Sussex, when fire broke out. Tyne classes MaxAitken III from...
Returning the Compliment
Staff from the RNLI's depot and headquarters gave a helping hand to the Children in Need Appeal on 1 December last year when they made a 'double circumnavigation' of Poole. The D class inflatable stayed firmly ashore, being... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Cutter-rigged Yacht Velma
YACHT TOWED CLEAR IN GALE Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 6.55 on the evening of the llth August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had gone aground some thirty or forty yards off St. Osyth beach. Of her crew of...
Centenaries of Life-Boat Stations. Presentations of Vellums Signed By the Prince of Wales
Presentations of Vellums signed by the Prince of Wales.
THREE life-boat stations have cele- brated their centenaries this year: Berwick-on-Tweed, the Mumbles, Gla- morganshire, and Ferryside, Carmar- thenshire. In each...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat
The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of a 34 feet by 7i feet self-righting boat. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view, the shaded part showing that devoted to the air-cases, which give extra buoyancy...
Category: Articles
The Converted Ship's Boat Emily
Cullercoats, Northumberland. At 12.16 on the afternoon of the 12th of June, 1960, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small pleasure fishing boat was drifting one mile east of Cullercoats and making what appeared to be...
The Esthonian Steamer Mina (1)
Penlee, and Sennen Cove, Cornwall.—On the 21st December the Esthonian steamer Mina, of Parnu, got into difficulties through her rudder shaft breaking.
A strong south-westerly breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The...