LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Glassalt
Shortly before noon on the 30th March, the Coastguard reported that a message had been received from the Gunfleet Lighthouse, stating that a steamer was ashore on the Sunk Sands. A moderate N.E. breeze was blowing at the time, and the sea...
Lieutenant-Commander J a Douglas MBE RN Chief Inspector of HM Coastguard Receiving from the Duke of Kent President of the RNLI the Institution's Gold
Lieutenant-Commander J A Douglas MBE RN Chief Inspector Of HM Coastguard Receiving From The Duke Of Kent President Of The RNLI The Institution's Gold. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
The Annual Meeting of the Committee of the Civil Service Life-boat Fund was held on the 7th of January, and was presided over by Mr. W. H. HAINES of the House of Lords. The report, which was read by Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN the Honorary Secretary,...
Category: Meetings
The Humber Lightvessel
Humber, Yorkshire.—At 3.50 on the afternoon of the 5th of May, 1954, the Superintendent of Trinity House at Great Yarmouth asked if the life-boat would take a sick man from the Humber lightvessel to Grimsby, as no other boat was available....
The S.S. lano
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 12.30 early on the morning of the 4th of November, 1957, the Foreland coast- guard telephoned that a steamer anchored in Sandown Bay appeared to be dragging. The life-boat crew were alerted, and half an hour...
The Coningbeg Lightvessel
Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford.—At 4.50 on the afternoon of the 3rd of October, 1956, the office of the Irish Lights in Dublin telephoned that there was an injured man on the Coningbeg light- vessel and asked if the life-boat would bring him...
The S.S. Wisbech
— On the night of the 14th April the coastguard reported red flares some distance north- east of Blyth. A strong S.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea.
The motor life-boat Joseph Adlam was launched at 10.40 P.M., and...
May of Campbeltown
LIFE-BOAT HELPS TO REFLOAT FISHING VESSEL Islay, Hebrides. At 4.45 on the morning of the 12th May, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that he felt some concern for the safety of the crew of a motor fishing vessel, which was...
Queen Victoria, of Lyne
On the night of the I 24th January the ketch Queen Victoria, of I Lynn, was wrecked near the entrance of Sunderland harbour, during a strong ! breeze at N.W. That vessel had come to an anchor while on a voyage from Lynn...