LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Wallace Rose and the Ex-Norwegian Steamer Rusk
OCTOBER 20TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD.
At 10.45 A.M. the S.S. Wallace Rose entered the bay flying signals for a boat and stretcher, as she had shipwrecked men on board. The life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was...
The Sailing Barge Will Everard
Great Yarmouth and Gorlesfon, Norfolk.
—At 6.30 in the evening of the 17th of July, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that a barge was ashore on the Caister Shoal, and the life-boat Louise Stephens was launched at 6.40 in a...
For the Service to Juniper on February
For the service to Juniper on February 19, 1967, the silver medal was awarded to John Robert Nicolson, coxswain of Aith lifeboat from 1965 to 1971. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Dennis Coutts. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Isle of Man Steamer Fiona's Isle and Fishing Boat Ludo
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 2.45 on the morning of the 8th of June, 1955, thdockmaster rang up to say that the Isle of Man steamer Fiona's Isle had collided with the local fishing boat Ludo while leaving Fleet wood. The Ludo sank, and the...
The S.S. Carmarthen Coast (1)
Nov. 9TH. - SEAHAM, AND SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. At 7.50 A.M. a message was received at Seaham from the coastguard that the S.S. Carmarthen Coast, of Liverpool bound, laden, from Kirkcaldy to London had struck a mine several miles to the east...
Mary, of South Shields
SCABBOBOTJGH.—During a severe storm on the 28th October, at about 9.30 A.M., the brig Mary, of South Shields, in trying to make the harbour, was driven by the wind and heavy sea on the shore. The Life-boat Lady Leigh was launched, and, after...
Looking Down Through Freeing Trunk In Wheelhouse Deck to Propeller With Freeing Tool Standing By
Looking down through freeing trunk in wheelhouse deck to propeller, with freeing tool standing by.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Flandres and the Liberian Steamer Trader (1)
Dover and Walmer, Kent. At 2.24 on the morning of the 16th of October, 1957, the Deal coastguard reported that the S.S. Flandres, of Antwerp, had been in collision with the Liberian steamer Trader four miles south-east of the Goodwin Sands,...
The Torpedo Boat Destroyer Success
During a severe S.E. gale on the 27th December the Torpedo-boat Destroyer Success ran ashore on the rocky coast at Kingsbarns, about six miles from St. Andrews. The vessel was steaming south, and in the darkness, without any shore lights to...
Services of the Life-Boats of the Institution During 1894
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Category: Services