LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ramsgate: Rear Admiral W J Graham
Ramsgate: Rear Admiral W.
J. Graham, director of the Institution, show Mrs Irene Tew, a visitor from Canada, the figurehead from the cargo ship Indian Chief. Mrs Tew is a great-granddaughter of Coxswain Charles Fish who was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Victoria
Torbay, Devon - At 2.42 p.m. on 13th April, 1968, news was received that a small boat appeared to be in difficulties off Beesands. The lifeboat Princess Alexandra of Kent slipped her moorings at 2.50 in a strong easterly breeze and a rough...
Ten Ten, of Nieuwpoort
Ramsgate, Kent - At 12.5 a.m. on 16th August, 1968, the east pier watchman informed the coxswain that the yacht Ten Ten was aground on the harbour bar. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis slipped her moorings at 12.18 in a strong westerly...
Staronia
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire - At 1.42 a.m. on 2nd August, 1966, a vessel was reported ashore off Cairnbulg point.
There was a slight sea. It was high water.
The life-boat The Duchess of Kent proceeded at...
President's Visit:
President's visit: The Duke of Kent with Coxswain Peter Bougourd aboard St Peter Port, Guernsey, lifeboat during a visit to the island in July. The RNLI's President met members of the lifeboat community and also the chairman and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Grazia
NOV. 19TH. - MARGATE, KENT. The coastguard had reported a vessel sinking by enemy action about seven miles north-east of Margate. A strong north-west wind was blowing with a rough sea. The life-boat arrived at the position given but found...
S.S. Alphald
OCT. 22ND. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 2.35 A.M. the Deal coastguard reported by telephone that the Dutch steamer S.S. Alphald, of Rotterdam, was aground near the N.W. Goodwins Buoy, close to the wrecked S.S. Mahratta. A moderate N.E. breeze was...
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
CRESSWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND. — The Life-boat Ellen and Eliza was launched at 10.50 P.M. on the 6th February, 1899, in keenly frosty weather, while a moderate southerly breeze was blowing, accompanied by a heavy sea and a thick haze, and went...
Category: Services
Schesaplana
Capsized motor cruiser THE DUTY COASTGUARD on watch in the lookout of Solent MRSC on the spring bankholiday Monday, May 25, reported at 1256 that a vessel had capsized in the vicinity of the Shingles Bank Elbow Buoy at the western approaches...
The Motor Speed Boat Flying Spray
SPEED BOAT WITH PROPELLER GONE Ramsgate, Kent.—At 3.45 in the afternoon of the 10th of July, 1947, the coastguard reported a small motor boat in difficulties one mile off Dumpton Gap and a man on board waving a flag.
The...