LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Invasion Barge L.C.V.P. 1058
AUGUST 30TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 9.10 in the morning the naval control reported that an invasion barge was lying near the Blacktail Spit Buoy with her engine broken down and nothing to secure her. A fresh S.W. wind was blowing...
The Norwegian Motor Ship Mercur
Ramsgate, Kent. — At 7.36 in the evening of the 31st of December, 1948, the coastguard reported that a vessel, for which the North Goodwin Light- vessel had previously fired warning guns, appeared to be aground on the Goodwins, and the motor...
The Upkeep of the Dungeness Station Has Cost the R.N.L.I. Huge Sums of Money Over the Years
The upkeep of the Dungeness station has cost the R.N.L.I, huge sums of money over the years. The sea has receded so steadily that older Dungeness life-boat houses are far inland. This picture taken in November 1967 indicates some of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Tyne (Right) and Mersey
self-righting calculations. This is one reason why the Arun and FAB 3 (left) have a proportionally greater superstructure volume than the smaller classes of lifeboat such as the Tyne (right) and Mersey - whose deck is low enough to recover... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Category: Articles
The Exhibition Galleon Hispaniola (1)
Sennen Cove and St. Ives, Cornwall -At noon on 12th April, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of the Sennen Cove life-boat station that the owner of the exhibition galleon Hispaniola had expressed concern for the safety of...
Wreck of the Life-Boat at The Mumbles
AT 6.10 in the evening of Wednesday, April 23rd, the life-boat at The Mumbles vent out in a gale of exceptional severity to the help of the steamer Samtampa, of Middlesbrough, which had been driven ashore on the rocks off Sker Point, eleven...
Category: Articles
Helma II
Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. At 12.40 early on the morning of the 26th May, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the motor vessel Durham that the yacht Helma II, which had a crew of two,...
Beating the Blowfish
Beating the Blowfish
By Emma Pontin
Review by
Julie Maskell
Beating the Blowfish is the real-life account of one woman’s battle with breast cancer while continuing her career as a...
Category: Articles
A Small Boat the Nellie
During the morning of the 26th May two men went off in their yawl, the Diano, to fish in St. Andrews Bay. A strong S.E.
gale came up about 11 A.M., and the men were unable to get their boat into harbour. As the sea was very...