LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Crescence
Seaham, Durham.—At 9.45 on the night of the 13th of July, 1949, the coastguard telephoned a message from Cullercoats Radio Station that a vessel was in distress, four miles east of Seaham Harbour, and the life-boat Elizabeth Witts Allen was...
MAYDAY AT THE HARBOUR MOUTH
The lives of six fishermen are in danger. Their fishing boat is drifting dangerously close to shore. Powerless against the gale-force winds and sea swell, they need help – fast
It’s the end of a blustery October day in...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Work on the Goodwin Sands
ON the night of the storm the coxswain of the life-boat entered the watch-house, clad in Ms black oilskin garments, and glittering with salt-water from top to too.
" There will be more work for us before long,...
Category: Articles
The Reports of the Meteorological Council of the Royal Society for 1889 and 1890
THESE reports contain matter of very considerable general interest, showing, as they do, what has been and is being done to perfect the system of weather forecasts in this our ever-changing climate, as well as to compile a register of the...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Enthusiasts' Society
THE Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society is now in its eighth year. It was formed in 1964 and at the outset had only eight members. From this very small beginning membership has grown over the years. At first progress was slow, but in the last...
Category: Articles
Coming Up the Cliffs
(For an account of this service, see opposite page.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Index to the Branches
PAGE ABERDARE. . . 583 ABERDEEN , . .557 ABERDOVEY . . 585 ABERSOOH . . . 581 ABERYSTWITH 579, 580 ACCRINGTON . . 506 ACKERGILL . . 561 ALDEBURQB . . 534 ALLOA . . . . 561 ALNMOUTH. . . 527 ANGLE . . . . 685 ANGLESEY . . .679 ANSTRUTHEB . ....
Category: Branches
The Twelve Medallists
From St. Helier, Ilfracombe, Appledore and Holyhead. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Motor Cabin Cruiser Aloha
DRIFTING FOR TWO DAYS Margate, Kent.—In the morning of the 28th of August, 1947, information came from the British Steamer Hill- crest Park through the North Foreland Radio and the coastguard that the motor cabin cruiser Aloha, of Lowestoft,...