LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Faroese Fishing Vessel Albert Victor
APRIL 15TH. - ABERDEEN, NORTH PIER LIFE-SAVING APPARATUS. At 5.30 in the afternoon a request was received to land a salvage party from the Faroese fishing vessel Albert Victor. She was ashore in Aberdeen Bay and the Aberdeen No. 1 life-boat...
Another Scene from the Film Against the Tide, Showing the Teesmouth Life-Boat Sarah Jane and James Season
Another Scene From The Film Against The Tide Showing The Teesmouth Life-Boat Sarah Jane and James Season. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
On the Sands. A Yachtsman's Story of His Rescue
[The Yachting Monthly of March 1952 published an account by Mr.
D. K. Rae of a trip in his W-feet auxiliary yacht Sirius. It started from the Crouch, but the Sirius grounded on the Buxey Sand off Clacton. The crew laid out...
Category: Articles
The Indian-Registered Freighter Vishva Parag
You can't park that 'ere...
The Tyne class lifeboat Ethel Anne Measures stationed at The Mumbles was at sea for five hours on 28 January 1994 when she stood by the 560ft Indian-registered freighter Vishva Parag...
Withdrawn English Coinage Can Mean Revenue for the Life-Boat Service the Coins Including Some Silver Date from Left to Right (Top) 194419411939 18761898 1940 1
Withdrawn English coinage can mean revenue for the life-boat service. The coins, including some silver, date from left to right (top) 1944,1941,1939, 1876,1898, 1940, 1914 and 1940. The 1940 half-crown is a good specimen.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
September
Launches 37. Lives rescued 14.
SEPTEMBER 1ST. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. During the morning news was received by wireless from the S.S. Irish Willow that she had on board forty-seven survivors from the S.S. Empire...
Category: Services
The Converted Ship's Life-Boat Andy
Swanage, Dorset.—At about 2.50 P.M.
on the 17th July, 1938, the St.
Albans Head coastguard reported that a cabin cruiser two or three miles S.E.
of the Head was making signals of distress...
Gudveig and the Latvian Steamer Everene
JANUARY 25TH. - HOLY ISLAND, AND NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
The Norwegian steamer Gudveig, of Oslo, and the Latvian steamer Everene, of Riga, had been sunk by mine or torpedo, but other steamers had picked up a...
Here and There
Committee of Management Commandant Vonla McBride, former director of the WRNS, Christopher Lucy, a stockbroker, and John James, a chartered surveyor, have joined the Committee of Management of the RNLI.
Commandant McBride...
Category: Articles