LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Britannia
On the 25th September, during a thick fog, signals of distress were heard, and the Life-boat Forster Fawsett was dis- patched as quickly as possible. Near the Crumstone Rock, Fame Island, she found the s.s. Britannia,...
The S.S. Grosvenor
— The s.s. Grosvenor, of Newcastle, bound light from Port Knockie to Sunderland, struck the rocks at Emmanuel Head early on the morning of the 20th Decem- ber. A moderate N.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The night was very dark,...
The Service of Dedication
Front row—left to right: The Marquess of Normanby, The Rev. Frank Read, the Bishop of Whitby, the Hon. Geoffrey Howard, H.R.H. The Princess Royal, Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., Ex-Provost James Norval.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
THE LANGDON LEGACY
It's 27 March 1941. Two days after being attacked by a squadron of Luftwaffe bombers, the SS Somali, a large convoy ship, burns a mile off the Northumberland coast. Intent on saving her cargo, crew from a salvage tug board to assess the...
Category: Articles
THIS MAYDAY Help raise money for the vital kit our crews rely upon
When our brave volunteer crews answer the call for help, they don’t know what they’ll be facing. Huge waves, storms, darkness ... They need to be prepared for anything.
Having the right kit can be the difference between...
Category: Articles
The Freighter Akbar Jayanti, of Bombay
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands - At noon on 3ist October, 1966, a seaman aboard the freighter Akbar Jayanti, of Bombay, required medical attention, as a cockroach had crawled into his ear, causing severe earache. The life-boat Guy and Clare...
An Aeroplane (4)
FEBRUARY 5TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
An aeroplane had crashed into thesea in flames, but nothing of her was found.
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The S.S. Lady Anne
CAISTER.—Signal guns having been fired by the lightships, the Caister No. 1 Life-boat Covent Garden was launched at3 P.M. on the 10th January during a W.
wind and a very thick fog, and sailed to the south part of the Middle...
The Converted Brixham Trawler Forseti
Selsey, Sussex. At 9.36 on the morning of the 18th of November.
1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the converted Brixham trawler Forseti of Newhaven was ashore off Selsey Bill. At 10.4 it was...
Jehoiah Wick
In response to signals of distress, the Life-boat Charles and Eliza Laura was launched at 3 P.M.
on the 2nd December, and rescued the crew of four hands of the fishing-boat JehoiaJi Wick, of Hoylake, which was in distress...