LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Monita
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire.—At 6.35 on the evening of the 6th of March, 1956, the watchman in the navigation barge which is moored off Lytham rang up to say that he had received a message that the S.S. Monita, of Stockholm, at anchor...
The Ex-R.N.L.B. Elsie
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At 6.45 on the morning of the 21st of March, 1951, the life-boat watchman reported a life-boat in a bad position in the bay. At 7.30 the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson left her...
Hrh the Duke of Kent Addresses the Gathering Before Presenting the Awards
HRH The Duke of Kent addresses the gathering before presenting the awards. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Danger at Daunt Rock
In hurricane force winds, Ballycotton lifeboat crew launched to the aid of eight men on a lightship near Daunt Rock. 70 years on, it's a feat of courage and endurance still seen as one of the most demanding rescues in RNLI...
Category: Articles
The Soviet Trawler Topaz and French Yacht Campscharles
Three nations THE SOVIET TRAWLER Topaz making for a position off Bournemouth with a French yacht, Campscharles, in tow was reported to HM Coastguard Solent RHQ by Lands End RHQ at 0910 on Thursday,October 14,1976. Two survivors aboard the...
Captain the Hon V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., Chairman of the RNLI Seen on the Occasion of His Visit to Flamborough In December
Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., Chairman of the RNLI, seen on the occasion of his visit to Flamborough in December. The retiring coxswain of the Flamborough life-boat, Dick Cowling, is on the left of the picture. Albert Duke, the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Alcoa Master, of New York
FEBRUARY 17TH. - APPLEDORE, DEVON.
The S.S. Alcoa Master, of New York, had grounded on Rat Island, Lundy, but refloated without help as the tide rose.- Rewards, £17 18s. 6d..
The S.S. Footah
PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN.—A severe storm was experienced here on the 4th October, the wind blowing from the S.E. with almost hurricane force, with a very heavy sea and heavy rain.
The storm continued throughout the day,...
The S.S. Cyclades
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 10.30 on the morning of the 16th of October, 1954, the coastguard reported that a vessel appeared to be aground in a dangerous position near North Goodwin buoy.
At 10.36 the life-boat Michael and Lily...
R. H. Tucker of Winconsin U.S
On the 7th September, the ship R. H.
Tucker, of Winconsin, U.S., struck on the Blackwater Bank, on the Irish coast, and the following day was totally destroyed by fire. The Cahore life-boat put off early in the morning,...