LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Yacht (1)
AUGUST 11TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A yacht had been reported capsized, several miles north-east of Great Orme’s Head, but nothing was found.
It seemed probable that this was the boat which capsized...
A Steamer (8)
JANUARY 30TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
A steamer had been bombed and sunk by enemy aircraft, five miles from Muckle Skerry, and one of the ship’s boats with sixteen men on board had been seen off Grimness, South Ronaldshay. The...
Gold (1)
Sheringham and Wells, Norfolk.—At 6.20 on the evening of the 8th of December, 1954, a hotel porter told the Sheringham life-boat station that he had seen red rockets off Weybourne.
Four minutes later the Cromer coast- guard...
A Spanish Steamer and The S.S. Pena Cabarga
On the evening of the 5th September, a Spanish steamer, when entering Blyth, collided with the s.s. Pena Cabarga, of Saiitancler, which was outward bound with a cargo of iron ore. The latter vessel nevertheless proceeded, but after getting a...
The German Naval Training Ship Albert Leo Schlegeter
Dover, Kent.—23rd March, 1938.
The German naval training ship Albert Leo Schlegeter had collided with a steamer, but a tug had taken her in tow and the steamer had gone on her way.—Partly permanent paid...
A Charity Competition
A CHAKITY competition, in which the Committee of Management have given permission for the Institution's name to be included, is to be started at the beginning of next year by the Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk...
Category: Articles
The 26-feet Auxiliary Yawl Shona
Lytham St. Annes.—At six o'clock in the evening of the 22nd of June, 1952, a resident telephoned that a yacht was aground on the south side of the Riddle Estuary. It could be seen that she was dried out close up to the South Training...
A Dinghy (3)
Less than 20 minutes THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Berth ILB station saw a small sailing dinghy in the vicinity of some rocks about a quarter of a mile south west of the station; it was 1440 on Wednesday, July 21. While he watched, the...
(Right) It Takes a Crane to Capsize An Atlantic
(Right) It takes a crane to capsize an Atlantic - her crew wait patiently underneath ready to right her while the safety boat keeps a watchful eye on things.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs