LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Baron Graham and The S.S. Duero
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. — On the night of the 10th February members of the Civic Guard from Waterford brought news that the s.s.
Baron Graham, of Ardrossan, was in distress about eight miles off the Waterford coast. A...
The R.N.L.I. Goes to Miami
EARLY last year Mr. Hugh Matheson, jr., of the Jamaica Inn, Miami, Florida, U.S.A., made a request for English life-boat service photographs to hang in a room there. His request was fulfilled.
In October came news that,...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Brighton
The s.s. Brighton, of Newcastle, whilst bound from the North for Calais "on the llth June, stranded on Deal Bank. The vessel was observed from the shore, and the Reserve Life-boat, which is at present stationed at Deal, was launched...
Atlantic 21
The Atlantic 21, which takes its name from Atlantic College in Wales where it was first developed, has a Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) hull with Inflatable sponsons and a rollbar assembly above the two outboard engines on the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Life-Boat Regulations
THE following Regulations are intended for the guidance of the Local Committee to be formed at each place at which a Life-boat is stationed by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and to whose care and control the Life-boat, her Crew, and...
Category: Articles
Elmela (1)
Aground on Goodwins REPORTS OF SHIP'S LIGHTS in the vicinity of East Goodwin Buoy were passed to the honorary secretary of Walmer lifeboat station by Dover Straits Coastguard at 2130 on Saturday December 10, 1977. The East Goodwin...
A Norwegian Vessel
A ship was seen with a signal of distress flying about half a mile to the eastward of this place on the 11th Jan., and the Life-boat at once proceeded off to her through a heavy ground sea, when she was found to be a Norwegian vessel of 134...
The S.S. Kedah, of Singapore
AUGUST 12TH. - ST. IVES, AND PADSTOW, CORNWALL. At 10.40 in the morning the St. Ives coastguard reported that a tug, with a steamer in tow, north of St. Ives Head, was making little headway. A fresh westerly gale was blowing, with very heavy...
Velocity
GILES' QUAY, DUNDALK.—The schooner Velocity, of and from Carnarvon, bound for Dundalk, laden with slates, while endeavouring to enter her port of destination, a whole gale of wind blowing from the S., accompanied by a heavy sea and thick...
Your Letters
Nearly saved . . . by a motor lifeboat I was interested in the feature 'Saved by a motor lifeboat', which appeared in the Winter 1996 issue of The Lifeboat.
There is an interesting story pertaining to this film - I...
Category: Correspondence