LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Raf Drops In...
Cromer lifeboat got a helping hand frpm the skies on 7 September as one of the final pieces of the new station was airlifted in by RAF Chinook helicopter.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
the Kathleen, Clarice, Pen Cw and Westmark
Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.—About 9.15 on the morning of the 29th of July, 1956, the coastguard reported that he had received warning of a full south- westerly gale, and at 9.45 he stated that several fishing boats were at...
Eastbourne Lifeboat the 37Ft
Launch into south-westerly strong gale, force 9, Sunday March 22: Three progressive photographs of Eastbourne lifeboat, the 37ft 6in Rather Duke of Kent, taken by 16-yearold Matthew Hancock as (left) she launched down her slipway into... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Sandenburgh
JANUARY 28TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM. At 8.20 A.M. information was received from the coastguard that a vessel was aground at Seaton Carew. A moderate E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea, but the vessel did not appear to be in any...
Mountbatten of Burma
ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET the Earl Mountbatten of Burma, who was killed in his motor yacht while on holiday last August, will be remembered, as is his wife, the Countess Mountbatten, as a very good friend of the lifeboat...
Category: Articles
The Dredger Sisyphus
On the morning of the 24th February the dredger Sisyphus, of Dublin, which was anchored in the harbour, signalled for help. A strong to whole E.S.E. gale was blowing, a very heavy sea was running and it was snowing. The motor life-boat...
Restless, of Peterhead
The same life-boat also rescued 6 men from the schooner Bestlett, of Peter- head, which became a total wreck on Has- borough Sands.
The Life-Boat Station
THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the house for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 233 Life-boat Stations...
Category: Articles
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The S.S. Linwood
OCT. 12TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. - At about 11.10 P.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel was believed to be in distress a mile S.E. of the station. The report was confirmed, and the No. 2 motor life-boat, Harriot Dixon, was launched by...