LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. New Verdun
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At about 6 A.M. on the 29th January, 1938, the coastguard reported a vessel in distress and burning flares N.E. of House Sand Fort. She was the s.s. New Verdun,of Plymouth, bound from Middlesbrough for Portsmouth...
Britannia, of Leigh
On the 20th October, during a gale from the E.S.E., the steamer Britannia, of Leith, was wrecked on " The Kidge," close to the bar of Holy Island Harbour.
The Britannia, had on board a number of passengers, and...
The Bar Lightship
During a moderate N.N.E. gale on the night of 30th September, the Bar light-ship broke loose from her moorings and commenced to drift towards the banks. Her position was one of considerable danger, and signals of distress attracted the...
The Mystery Lifeboat...
Continued from page 95 The Mystery Lifeboat...
... the photographs are of Lynmouth, North Devon.
I think they must have been taken about 1925-26. Asa youngster I went with my parents for a week every... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Peggy, If, and Billy Boy
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 1.30 P.M. on the 4th January, 1938, the coastguard reported that the local fishing boats Peggy, If, and Billy Boy, carrying seven men altogether, were making heavy weather three miles south of...
The S.S. Commar
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 6.46 A.M. on the llth October, 1939, the Gorleston coastguard reported a message received from Yarmouth that a vessel had apparently grounded on the Scroby Sands. A light S.W. wind...
The S.S. Mathilda
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 5.50 in the evening of the 12th of October, 1951, the North Goodwin Lightvessel wire- lessed that she had warned off a vessel in a dangerous position one and a half miles south by west of the Goodwin Lightvessel, and at...
Entrance to the House of the Institution
ENTRANCE TO THE HOUSE OF THE INSTITUTION. - View image in PDF
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Category: Photographs
The 'Loony Dook'
Over 40 hardy swimmers walked througth the streets of South Queensferry, led by a pipe band for the 11th annual 'Loony Dook' - swimming in the Firth of Forth on the 1 January-. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boat Services Round the Coasts
LAUNCHES AND LIVES SAVED BY LIFE-BOATS AND IRBs 1st June to 31st August: Launches 820, lives saved 387.
JUNE NORTH-WEST DISTRICT Holyhead, Anglesey - At 10.23 p.m.
on 25th June, 1966, a boy was reported to...
Category: Services