LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Orlock Head
JULY 28TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
At 3.45 A.M. information was received from the Wick coastguard that a steamer was on fire N.N.W. of Strathy Head.
A N.W. breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. The...
The Humber Lightvessel
Humber, Yorkshire. At 10.30 on the morning of the 20th of February, 1961, the coxswain superintendent was asked by the Trinity House depot at Great Yarmouth to land an injured man from the Humber lightvessel. When the life- boat City of...
Duchess of Leith (1)
CURIOUS INCIDENT OFF SHERINGHAM Sheringham and Cromer, Norfolk. At about five o'clock on the afternoon of Thursday the 19th September, 1963, the Sheringham coxswain launched his crab boat to investigate a cabin cruiser, Duchess of Leith,...
The S.S. South Coaster
DECEMBER 2lST. - EXMOUTH, DEVON.
At 8.15 in the morning of the 13th of December, the S.S. South Coaster, of Cardiff, ran aground on the eastern end of Pole Sands, west-by-south three-quarters of a mile from Orcombe Point....
An Aeroplane (156)
OCTOBER 13TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported to have crashed and the airman to have come down by parachute, but it turned out to be only a parachute flare. - Rewards, £12 3s..
Baron of Vigo
Courtmacsherry Harbour, Co. Cork.— 24th June, 1938. The Spanish steam trawler Baron of Vigo had run ashore near the Old Head of Kinsale, but got help from another trawler.—Rewards, £11 8s..
The Time
WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—Signals of distress were seen flying from a ketch three miles N.E. of Winterton, during a severe storm and a very heavy sea, at about 2.30 P.M. on the 14th October. The Winterton No. 2 Life-boat, the Husband, proceeded to...
The Late Commander Stopford C. Douglas, R.N.
IT is with very great regret that we announce the death of Commander Stopford Cyril Douglas, R.N., who had been Deputy Chief Inspector of Lifeboats for the past eight years. He had been ill for several months, had undergone two operations,...
Category: Obituaries
RNLI In Action
RNLI in action This quarter’s highlights of the many hundreds of lifeboat launches and lifeguard incidents around the UK and Republic of Ireland Lost and listing Volunteer lifeboat crews from Falmouth and The Lizard joined the rescue... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Naming of Relief Lifeboat Volunteer Spirit
The naming of relief lifeboat Volunteer Spirit at RNLI Poole Depot on 8 May. There are currently 113 lifeboats in the RNLI's relief fleet, all of which are constantly active and can be called into service at any time to replace other... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs