LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Girl Carole, the Motor Yawl Vigilant and Fishing Boat May
Tynemouth, Northumberland. — Late in the afternoon of the 4th' of July, 1948, a sudden freak squall broke from the north and at 4.59 the coastguard telephoned that three small sailing yachts had capsized in the...
The Guided Missile Destroyer U.S.S. Sellers
Eleven rescued ON THE MORNING OF Monday, November 1, 1976, the uss Sellers, a guided missile destroyer, arrived in Jersey waters to pay a courtesy visit. It was originally intended that she should anchor in St Aubin's Bay but as the wind...
The S.S. Ravenscraig
The s.s. Ravenscraig, of Kirkcaldy, a small coasting steamer, whilst bound from Arbroath to Hull with a general cargo on the 16th February, struck some sunken rocks off Eyemouth Bay, and remained fast. The weather was moderate at the time,...
The Henry Blogg. The First Sea Lord's Tribute to the Life-Boat Service
IN December, 1945, the Institution sent to Cromer one of the first two of a new type of 46-feet Watson -cabin life-boat. In them, for the first time, the steering wheels were placed amidships instead of at the stern. This boat was sent to...
Category: Inaugurations
The S.S. Empire Breeze (1)
MARCH 13TH - 15TH. - CRESSWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND. On the 5th February the S.S. Empire Breeze had stranded on the Bondicar Rocks, and the Amble lifeboat had rescued her crew. On the 13th March the Empire Breeze was refloated and taken in tow...
The S.S. Ocklinge
COVERACK, FALMOUTH and THE LIZARD, CORNWALL.—On the morning of the 4th March a message was received at Falmouth, from the Coast- guard, that a steamer was ashore at Lowland Point and in need of help.
She was the s.s....
The S.S. Esbo
Barrow, Lancashire ; Maryport, Cumberland; Ramsey, and Douglas, Isle of Man, October 19th.—On the 18th October the s.s. Esbo, of Helsingfors, left Preston in ballast for Finland. Bad weather was encountered, and the Esbo got into...
On March 20 In a Strong West-South-Westerly Breeze Newhaven's 44Ft Waveney Lifeboat Louis Marches! of Round Table Went to the Help of the Barge Dunord Which
On March 20 in a strong west-south-westerly breeze, Newhaven's 44ft Waveney lifeboat Louis Marches! of Round Table went to the help of the barge Dunord which, on passage from Lowestoft to Poole, was aground one mile west ofBeachy Head... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Storfjeld
DEC. 11TH. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
The S.S. Storfjeld, of Bergen, had gone ashore, but her crew were rescued from the shore by the coastguard life-saving apparatus. - Rewards, £16 7s..
The Third Boat
The Third Boat by Leila Mackinlay (Ward Lock & Co. Ltd., I2s. 6d.) takes its title from a Manx superstition and this pleasant but somewhat fragmentary tale is rarely out of sight or sound of the sea. Moving from Morecambe Bay to the Isle...
Category: Articles