LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Wexford Pilot Boat
MAY 3RD. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. During the afternoon the coxswain was watching the Wexford pilot boat off Wexford Bar, apparently waiting for the tide. A N.N.E. gale was blowing with a rough sea. Then the coxswain saw her drift...
The S.S. Hera
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 5.33 on the morning of the 3rd of February, 1954, the Walton-on-the-Naze coast- guard telephoned that a vessel had stopped south-south-east of the coast- guard station and was showing the " Not under...
The S.S. Freden, of Stockholm
SEPTEMBER 21ST. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 3.18 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that the S.S. Freden, of Stockholm, was making for Yarmouth Roads and had asked for a doctor, as the captain was injured. A light...
Grand designs for a lifeboat station
There’s been a lifeboat station in the picturesque town of Tenby, in south west Wales, for 160 years – but it’s not always been in the same place
The station was established in 1852 by the...
Category: Articles
List of Launches
Station-by-station lifeboat launches for November and December WS and January and February 7999 Aberdeen Arun: Nov 12 (twice), 18, Jan 12, 13, 21 and 24 D Class: Jan 13 and 24 Achill Island Arun: Feb 27 Aith Severn: Jan 10, 31 and Feb 9...
Category: Services
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent Addresses the Audience Before Presenting the Awards at the Festival Hall
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent addresses the audience before presenting the awards at the Festival Hall.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Circassian Prince
PALLING AND WINTERTON, NORFOLK.— Daring a strong breeze from W.N.W., a heavy sea, and thick weather on the night of the 21st March, the Palling No. 2 Life-boat British Workman and the Winterton No. 2 Life-boat Margaret proceeded to the...
The New 48-Foot 6-Inch Life-Boat
THE Institution has produced its first life-boat of the larger class, with a cabin and shelter for the crew and survivors, which incorporates the self-righting principle. This is a 48-foot 6-inch life- boat designed by Mr. R. A. Oakley,...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Nestos
Humber, Yorkshire.—At 9.31 on the morning of the 21st of October, 1953, the Spurn Point coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Nestos, of Piraeus, which was anchored in the River Humber, had wirelessed that three of her crew were adrift in a...
The Islay, Inner Hebrides, Life-Boat Circling the Upturned Hull of the Barge Isle of Gigha Three Miles South of Chuirn Island on 11th November, 1966
The Islay, Inner Hebrides, life-boat circling the upturned hull of the barge Isle of Gigha three miles south of Chuirn Island on 11th November, 1966.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs