LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Rayford
At 11.30 A.M.
on the 12th December, the Life-boat Sarah Austin was called out to the assistance of the s.s. Rayford, of Glas- gow, which was lying at anchor in a dangerous position in Dunnet Bay.
Owing to...
The Fraserburgh Inquiry
A FORMAL investigation under the Merchant Shipping Act of 1894 was held at the Sheriff Court House, Aberdeen, from 5th to 12th October, 1970, into the circumstances attending the capsizing of the Fraserburgh life-boat The Duchess of Kent...
Category: Articles
Alarm, of Belfast
On the 23rd March, the ship Alarm, of Belfast, was driven into Ballycotton Bay, during a strong gale of wind, and came to anchor under shelter of the island. As the gale increased, however, she dragged her anchors and drifted towards the...
Sink or swim! the popular RNLI raft race, now an annual event on the Ouse in York
Sink or swim! The popular RNLI raft race, now an annual event on the Ouse in York, attracted a total of 80 craft of varying descriptions. The one-and-a-half mile course attracted thousands of spectators who lined the riverbank to watch the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Lady Eglington
WORKINGTON.—At 10 P.M. on the 9th December, the Life-boat Dodo was launched, signals of distress having been shown by the s.s. Lady Eglington, of and from Cardiff for Workington, with a cargo of coke, which had stranded on the north shore,...
The S.S. Gannet
SEPTEMBER 6TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 9.50 P.M. the coastguard reported a vessel sinking to the east of Peterhead, but other vessels put out, and the life-boat was not launched. At 2.45 next morning the coastguard...
The S.S. Avon
RHOSCOLYN, ANGLESEY.—A very thick fog prevailed here on the night of the 15th June, and at about 5.30 on the following morning the coxswain of the Life-boat, who had been watching during the night, heard voices close to the signal and...
News from the Branches. 1st May to 31st July, 1936
Greater London.
Life-boat day was held in Greater London on 19th May, carried out by ninety-two branches. The amount raised was £5,046, an increase of £138 on 1935.
The challenge shield for...
Category: Branches
RAF Officers Examining the Airborne Life-Boat on the Deck of the Danish Trawler Betty Fn 41 at Great Yarmouth In July 1943 the Trawler Crew Had Slashed the Inflated
R.A.F. officers examining the airborne life-boat on the deck of the Danish trawler Betty FN 41 at Great Yarmouth in July, 1943.
The trawler crew had slashed the inflated whale back bags at bow and stern to deflate them. The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Barbara of Hopeman
On the llth March the sloop Barbara, of Hopeman, sprang a leak, and split her fore-staysail, in a heavy gale from the north. She accord- ingly ran for the sands to the eastward of Lossiemouth, when the life-boat of the In- stitution...