LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Admiralty Register of Wrecks for 1854
THE Admiralty Register of the Wrecks that have occurred on the coasts of the United Kingdom during the year 1854 has just been published by order of the House of Commons, accompanied by the Wreck Chart of the British Isles for the same...
Category: Articles
The Late Sir Edward Birkbeck, Bart., K.C.V.O.
THE subscribers and friends of the | At the meeting of the Committee of ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION- Management next following the death will have heard with great regret of Sir Edward Birkbeck, held on the that Sir Edward Birkbeck,...
Category: Obituaries
The Boy Was Landed on the Other Side of the Cove Where There Was a Path (Right)
The boy was landed on the other side of the cove, where there was a path (right), and handed over to waiting police and ambulance men; the lifeboat then returned to the rock base to take off two fire- men who had been helping the youth and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Bahamian Bulk Cargo Vessel Sumnia
Three rescued in hurricane SILVER MEDAL IN THE EARLY HOURS of Friday, October 16, 1987, hurricane force south-southwesterly winds of force 16-17, gusting at times to more than 100 knots, left a trail of destruction along the south and...
The Competitive Trials of Life-Boats
THE decision of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION to carry out exhaustive trials -with different types of Life-boats is an additional proof to those already given in various "ways that the governing body are determined not to sit...
Category: Articles
Royal Fern
On the 12th August, while a moderate gale was blowing from the S.S.W., with a rough sea, a telegram was received from the coastguard at Port Cranstal, about a mile south of the Point of Ayre, stating that a vessel was ashore there and that...
The First Steam Life-Boat
Built in 1890. Served until 1923. Stationed at Harwich, Holyhead and New Brighton, and again at Holyhead. - View image in PDF
Launched on service 175 times. Rescued 295 lives.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wreck of the St. George, 1830
ON Friday evening, the 29th of November, 1830, the St. George, a first-class steamer, commanded by Lieut. TUDOR, R.N., arrived at Douglas, Isle of Man, with the mail from Liverpool, and anchored in the bay. The night was stormy, with heavy...
Category: Services
Chili
Rockets and guns were fired by the Would Light-vessel on the 3rd February.
A moderate breeze was blowing at the time from E. by S., there was a heavy sea and the weather was thick, with rain and sleet, and very cold. At...