LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Letter to the Editor
SIR - I am a life-boat enthusiast and as such I am particularly interested in boats and equipment. As there must be others like myself, would it be possible to form a R.N.L.I. Enthusiasts' Club ? May I, through this journal, ask what...
Category: Correspondence
Coming In Through the Surf
The new Gourdon motor life-boat of the light Liverpool type, 35 feet 6 inches, by 10 feet 3 inches, arriving at her station last February.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Latvian Steamer Taut Mila
JANUARY 29TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, AND CROMER, NORFOLK.
News was received at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston that an open boat containing sixteen survivors from the Latvian steamer Taut Mila, which had been damaged...
The Motor Cabin Cruiser Dimcyl
Cromer, Norfolk.—About 9.30 on the morning of the 9th of January, 1951, the coastguard reported a small vessel, anchored to the north-east of Cromer, which appeared to have engine trouble.
She was showing no distress...
The Danish Motor Vessel Baradrangur
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT FRASERBURGH FEBRUARY 8TH. - FRASER-BURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. In the night the Danish motor vessel Baradrangur, of Trangisvoag, with a crew of five, went ashore on the sandsto the south of Fraserburgh. Very heavy seas were...
The Motor Fishing Coble Enterprize
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At about 9 A.M.
on the 25th April the motor fishing coble Enterprize, with a crew of three, put to sea. A stiff breeze was blowing, and the sea was moderate. During the morning the sea rose rapidly, and...
The Motor Coaster Cyprian Coast
COASTER RE-FLOATED Caister, Norfolk.—At about 10.30 in the morning of the 12th of October, 1947, a motor vessel was seen stranded on the west side of Scroby Sands, two miles east of the life-boat station, and the motor life-boat Josk Neville...
The Baltimore Lifeboat (shown inset)
The bales were found to contain cocaine, and the Baltimore lifeboat (shown inset) later collected around 60 while clearing the debris, before handing them over to Revenue offi cers and gardaí.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Seven Ships including the Orminster and the Browning
GOLD MEDAL SERVICE AT NEWCASTLE JANUARY 21ST. - NEWCASTLE, AND CLOUGHEY, CO. DOWN. At 12.45 in the morning a message came to Cloughey from the coastguard that a steamer was ashore half a mile off Ballyquinton, and at 1.40 the life-boat...
Moira
Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham.—At 11.20 on the night of the 4th of Octo- ber, 1956. the coastguard telephoned that the fishing boat Moira, with a crew of two, was overdue from a fish- ing trip east-south-east of Seaham.
At...