LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (52)
JULY 24TH. - RAMSGATE. KENT. It had been reported that a convoy had been attacked and that an aeroplane had come down, but though the life-boat found that a convoy had been bombed, she could not find any aeroplane. - Rewards, £5 3s..<...
The Motor Fishing Coble Enterprize
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At about 9 A.M.
on the 25th April the motor fishing coble Enterprize, with a crew of three, put to sea. A stiff breeze was blowing, and the sea was moderate. During the morning the sea rose rapidly, and...
Silver Eagle and Vine
STONEHAVEN, KINCARDINESHIRE.—The sea rose very suddenly, the waves dashing over the piers, on the 21st February, while some of the fishing-boats were at sea. At 11.30 A.M. the Life-boat Alexander Slack was launched, and made for the boats...
The Wreck Register for 1877-78
FROM the Abstract of the Wreck Register presented by the Board of Trade, before the close of last Session, to Parliament, it appears that the number of shipwrecks, casualties, and collisions on and near the coasts of the United Kingdom,...
Category: Articles
Fishing Boat 106, of Arbroath
ARBROATH.—Notice was received at about 7 A.M. on the 23rd of January, during a fresh E. wind and a very heavy I sea, that the fishing boat 106, of Arbroath, was in danger outside the harbour bar.
The People's Journal No...
The Mayor of Calais at the Monument Des Sauveteurs
In front of him are the Life-boatmen of Calais.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The 14' Dejon Motor Cruiser Sandpiper
Sunken speed boat WHILE FISHING with rods and lines from a 14' Dejon motor cruiser, Sandpiper, anchored 150 yards off Tan-y-Bwlch beach, about half a mile south of Aberystwyth Harbour, on Sunday, July 6, 1975, Richard Wheeler and John...
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland the Right Reverend Professor James a Whyte (Left) Aboard the Arun Bp Forties During His Visit to Abe
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Right Reverend Professor James A. Whyte (left) aboard the Arun BP Forties during his visit to Aberdeen lifeboat station.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An R.A.F. Aeroplane
MAY 17TH. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. An R.A.F. aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found. A message came that a body had been seen, and the life-boat went out again, but again found nothing. - Rewards : first...
The S.S. Gairsoppa
MARCH 1ST. - THE LIZARD, CORNWALL.
The S.S. Gairsoppa, of Glasgow, 5,000 tons, with a crew of thirty, had been torpedoed and had sunk. At 10.30 A.M. the life-boat motor-mechanic saw a small boat with survivors on board. A...