LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain George Tart of Dungeness. He was appointed coxswain in July 1947.
Since then Dungeness life-boats have been launched on service 97 times and have rescued 27 lives..
Category: Articles
The Mersey Dock Board No. 4 Pilot Boat
Moelfre, Anglesey.—About ten o'clock on the night of the 16th of January, 1950, the Holyhead coastguard tele- phoned that the Mersey Dock Board No. 4 Pilot Boat had struck a sub- merged object in Moelfre Bay and was in need of help. At...
Teesmouth's Tyne class lifeboat Phil Mead stands by as the Swedish motor vessel is towed to safety
Teesmouth's Tyne class lifeboat Phil Mead stands by as the Swedish motor vessel is towed to safety. - View image in PDF
Photo Peter Thomson. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Motor Life-Boats of the North and South Holland Life-Boat Society on the Zuidersee
Motor Life-Boats of the North and South Holland Life-Boat Society on the Zuidersee. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Steamers Lisburn & Baronminto, and S.S. Patia, Clumber Hall and Alcora (1)
OCTOBER 30TH. - PETERHEAD, AND FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 6.30 in the morning a message was received at Peterhead from the coastguard that a vessel was ashore on the rocks a mile east of Rattray Head, which is about ten...
The Belgian Fishing Boat Anna Maria and Mobeka (1)
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT CAMPBELTOWN JANUARY 1 9TH. - CAMPBLE- TOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, AND P O R T P A T R I C K , W I G T O W N - SHIRE. At seven minutes to eight in the morning a message came from the coastguard at Southend that a ship was...
The S.S. Empire Gatehouse, Formerly Jutland
DECEMBER 28TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
At 11.13 in the morning, the coastguard reported that North Foreland Radio had received an SOS call from the S.S.
Empire Gatehouse, formerly the German steamer Jutland....
Putting Their Best Feet Forward - Members of the Wadebridge Branch Step Out In Style at the Start of Their Sponsored Walk, Despite An Unsettled Forecast.
Putting their best feet forward - members of the Wadebridge branch step out in style at the start of their sponsored walk, despite an unsettled forecast.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Shoreham Fishing Boat Number One
JANUARY 16TH. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX.
At 8.15 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that a motor boat was in distress about four miles south of the life-boat station.
The motor life-boat Jane Holland...
Rye Harbour Station Closed In 1928 After the Loss of Mary Stanford and Her Whole Crew of 17 Was Re-Established As An Ilb Station In 1966
Rye Harbour station, closed in 1928 after the loss of Mary Stanford and her whole crew of 17, was re-established as an ILB station in 1966.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs