LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
(Below) In the Calm After the Storm the Tiny Gap Into Which the Lifeboat Was Manoeuvred Can Clearly Be Seen. at the Time of the Service It Was Dark, Blowing Force 10
(Below) In the calm after the storm the tiny gap into which the lifeboat was manoeuvred can clearly be seen. At the time of the service it was dark, blowing Force 10 and with a large surge running. Photos Graeme Story, Lerwick. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Maria, of Dunedin
The ship Maria, of Dunedin, came ashore here during a fresh wind from the 8.E., on the 22nd Jan. An effort was made by the crew to get her off; but a gale springing up from the E., ac- companied by a heavy sea, placed their lives in great...
The Life-Boat House and Slipway, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. (See Page 51.)
The Life-Boat House and Slipway St Mary's Isles of Scilly (See Page 51). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. E. Rose
At daybreak on 10th February the s.s. E. Rose, of Great Yarmouth, bound, in ballast, from Ply- mouth to Boston, Lines., with a crew of six on board, was seen by the Coxswain to be in difficulties dangerously near a lee shore between...
The S.S. Verbormilia
FEBRUARY 6TH. - ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE.
Just after 11 P.M. information wasreceived from the coastguard that a vessel was ashore west of Fast Castle Point. The motor life-boat Annie Ronald and Isabella Forrest was launched...
Naming Ceremonies of Eight Motor Life-Boats
EIGHT motor life-boats have been named during 1938, two on the coast of Devon, at Salcombe and Appledore, two on the Irish coast, at Arklow and Dun Laoghaire, and the other four at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Whitby, Yorkshire, Peel, Isle of...
Category: Inaugurations
The S.S. Imbros
PORT EYNON, SOUTH WALES.—On the 2nd February, during a thick fog, it was reported that a steamer's whistle had been heard in the direction of Helwick Sands. The Life-boat A Daughter'sOffering was launched at 12.35 P.M., and on...
The Corton Lightvessel
SICK MAN ON A LIGHT-VESSEL Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 11.47 in the morning of January 6th, 1947, a message was received through the coastguard from the Trinity House superintendent, that a keeper aboard the...
When the Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club Staged An R.N.L.I, Weekend In May, 1970,
When the Felixstowe Ferry sailing club staged an R.N.L.I, weekend in May, 1970, during which they raised £700 for the life-boat service, Sir Alec Rose, who as a lone yachtsman sailed round the world, presented cups. Here he is shown... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Our Financial Position
IN our Annual Report published in May last special attention was drawn to the fact that during the year 1890 the Committee had been compelled to spend as much as 33,354?. 13s. 10d in excess of their ordinary income, and that they had been...
Category: Articles