LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Silver Scale, of North Sunderland
SEPTEMBER 2ND. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 3.59 in the afternoon information was received from the coastguard that a fishing coble was on fire two miles east of Cullernose Point. A light southerly wind was blowing and the sea was...
The S.S. Baron Carnegie
JUNE 11TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEM- BROKESHIRE. At 2.15 in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that the naval base had reported a boat, from a vessel in distress, twelve miles north of St. David’s Head, and the motor life-boat Civil Service...
Queen Victoria, of South Shields
The life-boat nt Pakefield saved 1 man from the brig Queen Victoria, of South Shields, which became a total wreck on the Barnard Sand.
Olympic Yachting Gold Medallist Reg White Visited the Rnli Stand at the Midland Boat Show Birmingham During the Show from February 24 to March 6 More Than 1
Olympic yachting gold medallist Reg White visited the RNLI stand at the Midland Boat Show, Birmingham. During the show, from February 24 to March 6, more than 100 helpers from ten branches and guilds manned the stand to raise £2,096,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The R.N.L.I, Issues Three Medals—In Gold, Silver and Bronze. the Reverse Shows Three Men In a Life-Boat, One of Whom Is In the Act of Rescuing An Exhausted Man from the Waves. It Is Inscribed 'L
The R.N.L.I, issues three medals—in gold, silver and bronze. The reverse shows three men in a life-boat, one of whom is in the act of rescuing an exhausted man from the waves. It is inscribed 'Let not the deep swallow me up'. The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mary Ann, of Whitby
On the 1st December, the coxswain of the North Briton life-boat, and 6 other men, with 2 horses, proceeded at midnight along the coast upwards of fcrar miles in the direction of Gramthorpe Haven, and there found a schooner on the sands, and...
The Bulgarian Fish-Factory Ship Condor
28 saved from Bulgarian vessel aground in southerlv gale «/ ^5 Stornoway's Arun class lifeboat Sir Max Aitken II rescued the entire crew of 28 from the Bulgarian fish factory ship Condor when she was stranded on rocks some 26 miles...
The R.A.F. Flying-Boat Walrus L.2237
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 6.42 P.M.
on the 29th September, 1938. the coastguard reported that an aircraft had come down in the sea and was firing rockets for help. After calling out the life-boat, the coastguard, in view of...
The S.S. Vigilant
CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN.—A telegram reporting a vessel ashore in Port St.
Mary Bay was received early on the morning of the 7th February, while a moderate gale was blowing from the S., with a very heavy sea. The snow having...
The South Goodwin Lightvessel
Dover, Kent.—On the 4th of January, 1955, the Superintendent of Trinity House at Harwich asked if the life- boat would land an injured fog-signal driver from the South Goodwin light- vessel, as the weather was too bad for a shore-boat to put...