LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Wreck of the Anzio I
ON the night of 2nd /3rd April, 1966, the motor vessel Anzio I went aground.
The Humber life-boat was launched. She was unable to save any lives, but for the attempt which she made in extremely severe conditions Coxswain...
Category: Services
The Lytham Life-Boat "Charles Biggs," Which Was Launched to the S.S. "Mexico" In 1886
8 •8 THE LYTHAM LIFE-BOAT "CHARLES BIGGS," WHICH WAS LAUNCHED TO THE S.S. "MEXICO" IN 1886. - View image in PDF
Inset, the late THOMAS CLARKSON, Coxswain.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Frank and Rose
Frank and Rose Ide at Poole lifeboat station with their two younger sons, John (r), on leave from the Navy after serving with the South Atlantic Task Force in HMS Glamorgan, and Bob (I), member of Poole lifeboat crew. Frank and Rose's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wreck of the Barque 'Mary Stoddart' on the Irish Coast
THE following account of a disastrous shipwreck which recently occurred near Dundalk, on the east coast of Ireland, cannot fail to be interesting to all who peruse it. We think it deserving of record on three accounts —1st. As an instance of...
Category: Services
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1886
YEAR after year the Board of Trade draws public attention to the shipping catas- trophes occurring on our rock-bound shores, as though to remind us that a large proportion of the luxuries and comforts we daily enjoy are obtained at the cost...
Category: Articles
Iron Ships, and the Wreck of the Royal Charter
How many " monster wrecks" has it been our painful duty to chronicle during the past few years! How sad is the reflection that their number appears rather to be on the increase than on the decline! During the present year alone...
Category: Articles
Wreck of the Training-Ship "Eurydice."
IT is the peaceful Sabbath-tide ; The sacred words have scarcely died That asked a guardian angel's hand For wand'rers over sea and land; Across the dancing waters bright A gallant vessel greets the sight, With every sunlit canvas...
Category: Poetry
Wreck of the St. George, 1830
ON Friday evening, the 29th of November, 1830, the St. George, a first-class steamer, commanded by Lieut. TUDOR, R.N., arrived at Douglas, Isle of Man, with the mail from Liverpool, and anchored in the bay. The night was stormy, with heavy...
Category: Services