LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Liner Kungsholm
Stornoway, Hebrides. At 2.10 on the morning of the 27th of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the liner Kungsholm of Gothenburg, which was on passage to Sweden from the United States of America, would be off...
The 18-feet Motor Boat E.M.
Fowey, Cornwall. —• About eleven o'clock in the morning of the 8th of June, 1952, a message was received that a motor boat had reached Fowey and the owner had reported that his friend was missing in the 18-feet motor boat E.M. He had...
Scotia of Sunderland
At noon on the 28th May, the brig Scotia, of Sunderland, with flag of distress flying and mainmast gone, was ob- served in Gorton Roads, the wind blowing a hard gale from W.N.W. all the time. The Lowestoft life-boat was quickly launched, and...
The Life-Boat Service and Salvage
ALTHOUGH, in the course of its 127 years of work the Institution has saved, or helped to save, thousands of vessels from destruction, it makes no claims for salvage. Its sole purpose is the rescue of life. When, however, life- boats are able...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Pilcomayo
DOCTOR TAKEN TO BADLY INJURED SEAMAN Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At seven o'clock on the evening of the 9th April, 1962, the police at Avonmouth dock informed the honorary secretary that a man had been seriously injured on board a ship...
Firms and Their Products
% From the Blue Circle Group, Portland House, Stag Place, London, S.W.I, comes news of an interesting cement application in ship building.
Recently cement mortar covering was applied to the largest yacht in the United...
Category: Articles
The Brixham Trawlers Toreador and Red Gauntlet
HOUSE-BOAT ON THE GOODWINS Walmer, Kent.-—Early in the morning of the 9th"of November, 1947, the ex- Brixham trawler Toreador, towing from Brixham to Southend -another Brixham trawler, the Red Gauntlet, which had been converted into a...
Flamingo, of Stavanger (1)
Longhope, Orkneys, and Wick, Caithness-shire - At 11.27 a.m. on 26th January, 1967, it was learned that a vessel was transmitting a Mayday call off Pentland Skerries. The Longhope life-boat T.G.B. was launched at 11.45 in a strong east by...
Record Breakers! Smiles All Round from Members of the Lowestoft Model Boat Club
Record breakers! Smiles all round from members of the Lowestoft Model Boat Club who returned in triumph after setting new endurance records with their radio-controlled craft during a world distance attempt at Stevenage, which was organised... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Norwegian Fishing Vessel Vindhammer
Disabled longliner towed to safety in Force 9 Gale and 20ft seasTowing a fishing vessel of virtually ten times the displacement of the lifeboat isn't easy, to do so in seas averaging 20ft high and winds up to Force 9 is more difficult...