LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

On the 13th February, the Life-boat John Ashlury put off to the assistance of the American ship Edward VBrien, of St. Thomas, U.S.A., which, while on a voyage from Mobile to Liver- pool, got on the Morpha Bychan Sand, Cardigan Bay, in a...

Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 10.20 on the morning of the 14th of September, 1952, the coastguard reported that the S.S. Kylemore, of Limerick, which was one and a half miles off Holyhead, had a sick man on board and had asked for a doctor. At...

Holy Island, Northumberland. — At 9.42 on the night of the 6th of August, 1955, the coxswain reported that the converted ship's boat Caroline, of Hartlepool, had grounded on Ridge End at the northern entrance to the harbour. At 9.55...

• In Rescue Call (Kaye & Ward, 2is.) Angus Mac Vicar has written an admirable brief history of the life-boat service. It is extremely readable and a great deal of information has been packed into no more than 128 pages. Many of the...

Perseus Ablaze In The Channel—Walmer Life-Boat Took Off The Crew. - View image in PDF

JULY 10TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the life-boat could find nothing, and later it was reported that a patrol boat had picked up an airman some miles from the position given to the life-boat...

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 1.36 in the afternoon of the 5th of February, 1952, the Gorleston coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Poole Channel, of London, had wirelessed that she was making for Great Yarmouth with an injured...

(It should be noted that in ordinary circumstances the mast would not be lying across the net, but the Coxswain was compelled to stow it, as both steamer and Life-boat were rolling heavily.) This is a reproduction of a painting by Mr....