LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Royal Inspection: on Board With Her Majesty (I to R) Lieut-Commander Harry Teare Divisional Inspector of Lifeboats (Ne) Hrh the Duke of Edinburgh (Hidden) Ca
A royal inspection: on board with Her Majesty (I. to r.), Lieut.-Commander Harry Teare, divisional inspector of lifeboats (NE), HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (hidden), Captain Alexander Kirk, Hartlepool honorary secretary, Commander Bruce Cairns... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Gleaner, of Penzance
Penlee, Cornwall.—On the night of the 19th June a message was received that a boat was ashore near Carn Dhu, Lamorna Bay. There was no wind and the sea was smooth, but there was a very thick fog. The motor life-boat W. and S. was launched at...
Miss Annie Swallow, of Peterborough
Another old and most valued friend of the Institution, Miss Annie Swallow, of Peterborough, passed away on 24th January. Miss Swallow had been a Life-boat worker for thirty years, first as Honorary Secretary of the Lifeboat Saturday Fund,...
Category: Obituaries
Virtruvius, of Liverpool
On the 1st Decem- ber, during a terrific gale, the brigantine Vitruvius, of Liverpool, was seen to anchor in a very dangerous position in the Skerries Roads. The Zelimda life-boat was at once launched, but, after proceeding some distance, it...
Coxswain Laker of Shoreham
COXSWAIN FREDERICK LAKER of Shoreham died on the 6th of Novem- ber, 1953, at the age of 73. He was appointed coxswain of the Shoreham Harbour life-boat when the station was re-opened in 1929. He remained coxswain until he retired in 1940.<...
Category: Obituaries
The Steam Life-Boat "Queen" of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, Stationed at New Brighton
The Steam Life-Boat "Queen" of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution Stationed at New Brighton. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Seaham Lifeboat Launches for the Last Time Photograph By Courtesy of the 'Echo' Sunderland
Seaham lifeboat launches for the last time. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of the 'Echo' Sunderland. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In a Heavy Sea Off the Longships
The " Mona " of Antwerp, on October 27th, 1928. Her cargo of coal had shifted and she had heavy list. The Peniee Motor Life-boat stood by until she got into Mount's Bay.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Crawford Castle
The Christmas Gales.
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Life-boat's Four Launches in one Day.
THE gales at the end of October and November were followed by rough weather at the end of December, with heavy...
James Cuckow, of Ipswich
On the 6th March the schooner James Cuckow, of Ips- wich, went ashore on the Barnard Sand, daring a fresh gale from N.N.E. The life- boat Sisters was promptly launched to the wreck, and was fortunately the means of rescuing the whole of the...