LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
James Lay
The steam trawler James Lay, of London, with a crew of fourteen on board, bound for Hull, laden with fish, grounded on Filey Brigg at about 8 A.M. on the 12th January in a thick fog. The sea was smooth. Cobles endeavoured to refloat the...
The S.S. Ring
On the 26th November the s.s. Ring, of Gothen- burg, with a crew of nineteen, bound from Runcorn to Sweden with a cargo of salt, was caught in a moderate S.W. gale, with a very heavy sea and rain, driven off her course, and forced to seek...
Hope
The Branch has received a donation of £10 10s. Od.
from Dr. J. Gerard-Pearse, owner of the yacht Hope, and the three men who were on board with him when the yacht was rescued by the Weymouth Motor Life-boat on the 8th...
A Small Boat
31st Jan- uary. A small boat was blown out to sea, but the life-boat failed to find her.
She was washed ashore on the Ayrshire coast thirty-six hours later with her occupant still alive.—Rewards, £20 9s..
None (8)
Donaghadee, Co. Down.—27th January.
What was thought to be a fishing boat in distress was found to be a buoy, with a light and flag attached, marking the end of a drifter's line.—Rewards, £6 17s..
Scene 1
The smack Lucky Hit, of Lowestoft, after being driven on a sandbank, on 18th February, 1938, was taken in tow by a tug. She was sinking, and the Lowestoft motor life-boat rescued two of her crew. The other three remained on board, and the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Melanie
Swanage, Dorset.—At 9.20 on the morning of the llth of August, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a yacht was burning red flares off Chap- man's Pool. The life-boat R.L.P. was launched at 9.24. There was a rough sea with a heavy...
Louise (1)
Clacton-on-Sea, and Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At about 4.38 P.M. on the 7th January, 1939, the Clacton coastguard telephoned that a barge off Holland Sluice appeared to be in difficulties.
Soon afterwards they reported...
An Aeroplane (7)
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—9th July, 1939. An aeroplane had come down in the sea off Milford-on-Sea but no trace of her could be found. She is believed to have sunk with her pilot.—Rewards, £3 18s..
A Rowing Boat (3)
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. — 18th September, 1939. A rowing boat with a boy and girl on board had been reported as missing and the life-boat put out, but was recalled as the boat had been found.—Rewards £10 5s..