LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Danish Fishing Vessel Senious
Lerwick, Shetlands - At 12.35 a-mon 22nd March, 1966, a vessel was reported aground to the east of Lerwick harbour. There was a moderate north westerly breeze and a calm sea. The lifeboat Claude Cecil Staniforth set out 20 minutes later on...
The Screw Steamer Ocean Queen, of Newcastle
About 1-30 A.M., on the 19th April, the weather being thick and foggy, signals of distress were observed from a vessel on the rocks off this place.
The Whitby life-boat Lucy was soon launched through a heavy surf, and suc-...
The S.S. Valborg, of Copenhagen
NOVEMBER 27TH. - FOWEY, CORNWALL,.
At 7.30 at night the S.S. Valborg, of Copenhagen, which was off the harbour, signalled on her siren for a pilot. A fresh south-southwest gale was blowing, with a rough...
The Maryport Life-Boat and Her Crew
The Priscilla Macbean, a 35-ft. self-righting life-boat, with a 15 h.p. engine. This boat, which rescued the crew of the Plauisworth, has now been replaced by a 35-ft. 6-in. Liverpool life-boat, with a 35 h.p. engine. The new boat was named... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Viscount Younger, Chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Presented Tracey Edwards and Lady Cooksey
This Autumn the Crew Training Appeal celebratedreaching the halfway point towards its target of £5m.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Message from the Director
Twelve months ago we predicted another busy, challenging year for the RNLI. and our predictions have certainly proved correct.
The launchings of the prototype FABs 3 and 4 were keenly anticipated as so many of our future...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Sea Venture
Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 2.10 P.M.
** on the 20th October, 1939, a message was received from the senior naval officer that the s.s. Sea Venture had been sunk by enemy action fifteen to twenty miles east of Flugga, and that...
Louis Fourteenth, of Dunkirk
On the night of the 24th November the barque Louis Fourteenth, of Dunkirk, parted her cables in Dungeness Roads, and afterwards became a total wreck, on Romney Hoy, during a strong gale of wind from the S.S.E., with heavy rain. The New...
Ariel, of Truro
After the Moses life-boat had returned to her station from the wreck of the Lizzie, a vessel was seen in distress in the offing. The boat was launched to her assistance; on reaching her it was found that she was in a leaky state, and likely...
Ark, of West Hartlepool
On the 22nd March, at 9.15 P.M., flares were seen from a vessel on the Barber Sand, by the beach- men. They launched the surf-boat Boys, and went to the Sand, but could not get within a warp's length of the vessel, as there was no water...