LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Destroyer Scharnhorst
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 7.5 on the evening of the 24th of January, 1961, the St. Peter Port signal station informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the island of Brechon that a vessel to the north-west of...
It's Late It's Dark and It's Raining But the Oakley Is Ashore and the Princess Royal Is on Her Carriage for the First Time So All We Have to Do Now Is Launch Her Again A
It's late, it's dark and it's raining, but the Oakley is ashore and The Princess Royal is on her carriage for the first time. So all we have to do now is launch her again and then retrieve her before we go home to bed…. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
After the Wreck
ONLY a broken rudder, only a ruin'd sail— Only a shatter'd topmast, only a sea-bird's wail.
Here is the good ship's pinnace—all of her that is left— There are the yards and rigging—a tangled woof and...
Category: Poetry
Torbay: the Crew from the Cargo Vessel Majorca Are Put Ashore at Brixham
Torbay: The crew from the cargo vessel Majorca are put ashore at Brixham. At 0430 on Saturday September 18, 1982, Majorca, 20 miles south east of Straight Point, sent out a may day call; she had a list of 5 degrees and her cargo was shifting... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Through the Good Offices
Through the good offices of Terry Ferbrache, manager of Fletchersports, a section of the Royal Marines from Plymouth presented a memorable evening of music at a dance organised by the Guernsey ladies' guild. During the evening the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Three Naval Barges
SEPTEMBER 24TH. - SENNEN COVE, AND PENLEE, CORNWALL. Three naval barges had been reported in distress, but nothing could be found. The Sennen Cove coxswain died in hospital while the life-boat was out on service, and her mechanic and...
The Wexford Pilot Boat
MAY 3RD. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. During the afternoon the coxswain was watching the Wexford pilot boat off Wexford Bar, apparently waiting for the tide. A N.N.E. gale was blowing with a rough sea. Then the coxswain saw her drift...
On the Goodwins
Two steamers from which the Walmer life-boat rescued eighty-three lives. In the foreground, the American Luray Victory, wrecked on January 30th, 1946; in the background, the Greek ha, wrecked on March 8th, 1947. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Encouraging the Young
A good illustration of how the energies of the young can be harnessed with the encouragement of older members of the R.N.L.I. is the case of Jane and Debra Whiting, aged 10 and 12, of Grimsby, who this year held a garden sale at their home...
Category: Donations
Cliff Rescue Training for One of the 8500 Auxiliary Coastguards
Cliff Rescue Training For One of the 8500 Auxiliary Coastguards. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs