LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Sailing Boat Janet
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—At 2.40 on the afternoon of the 2nd of August, 1952, the sailing boat Janet, racing with a crew of two about two hundred yards off shore, was seen to capsize, and the life-boat William Gammon—Manchester and...
Syrinx
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 8.43 on the evening of the 31st of July, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that the S.S. Greyfriars had reported that the motor cruiser Syrinx, of London, which had a crew of five, had broken down and was...
The Bull Light-Vessel
The Humber, Yorkshire.—The motor life-boat City of Bradford II was launched at 10.30 A.M. on the llth May in response to a message received from the Humber Conservancy that a vessel had collided with the Bull light-vessel during a fog. The...
The Hovercraft Princess Margaret
Hovercraft accident AT 1614 on the afternoon of Saturday March 30, 1985, the cross-channel hovercraft, Princess Margaret, radioed to Dover port control that she had collided with the breakwater on entering the harbour. It was cloudy with...
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain James Wilson of St. Abbs. He first joined the crew in 1947, was assistant mechanic from 1951 until the 1st of October, 1953, when he was appointed coxswain. During his period of service the St. Abbs...
Category: Articles
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain George Flett, who has been coxswain of the Aberdeen number one life-boat since 1949. For six years he was second coxswain of the boat.
In 1937, when second coxswain, he was awarded...
Category: Articles
Ferry Across the Water:
Ferry across the water: Nottingham Sea Cadets ferried 100 walkers across the River Trent when they were taking part in a 15 mile sponsored walk organised by the East Bridgford ladies' guild. The event raised £4,250, bringing the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dominic the St.Bernard
Dominic the St Bernard is a walking advertisement for the RNLI. His jacket was made by ladies on the committee of Mevagissey branch and Dominic certainly catches the eye when he and his master Mr 'Mawman' Smith go walkies. The branch... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Blackwater Lightvessel
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 22nd of June, 1957, the inspector of Irish Lights telephoned that a member of the crew of the Blackwater light- vessel was injured and needed medical treatment...
The Austrian Brig Osep
At daylight on the morning of the 13th January, a brig was observed on the Holm Sand. A yawl put off and reached the vessel, but the crew refusing to leave, she returned to the shore.
The wind, which had been blowing...