LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Life-Boat Achievement
THE splendid services carried out by the crew of the Tynemouth Motor Life-boat Henry Vernon, on the occasion of the wreck of the hospital ship Rohilla off Whitby, in 1914, are probably still fresh in the memory of our readers, and the fine...
Category: Services
Medical Arrangements In the Rnli: Part 1 History By Geoffrey Hale Mbe Mb BCh
ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN instances of medical men serving on the Committee of Management in years gone by, and many occasions when doctors on the coast have given valuable service, there was never a centrally planned policy on medical...
Category: Articles
Feature Bringing History Alive
When was the last time you visited a museum or a historic site? The best places are those that bring history to life, for children and adults. If the museum inspires you, not only will you have a great day out. you will leave knowing far...
Category: Articles
Scrivens
"MY HEARING AND HAPPINESS - I'VE REDISCOVERED BOTH!" "I'm not deaf but I am hard of hearing", (iwen Banks of Plymouth told us.
"My hearing problem gradually got worse over the years until it...
Category: Advertisement
Self-Righting and Non-Self-Righting Life-Boats. Losses Through Capsizing Since 1850
THE discussion in the Press and elsewhere which followed the Rye disaster showed that the public was very far from understanding the relative merits of self-righting Life-boats and of those which do not self-right, or the reasons which...
Category: Articles
Jupiter, of Hamburg
On the 4th May, 1872, the Life-boat Wolverhampton, stationed at the Mumbles, proceeded to the assistance of the ketch Jupiter, of Hamburg, which had gone ashore near the harbour during a strong gale from the W. Some of the crew of the Life...
Fishing Boats
PETERHEAD, N.B.—On the morning of the 1st August several of the fishing-boats of this port were placed in danger by a strong breeze from the N.E., and the Life- boat People's Journal, No. 1, put to sea to render assistance. She was...
Fishing Boats (2)
ALNMOUTH.—Two Newbiggin fishingboats, driven from their grounds by a sudden storm on the 17th January, were unable to return to their port. As it was seen that they were in great danger in approaching the shore in the direction they were...
Fishing Cobles
Three of the fishing cobles belonging to Whitby were overtaken by severe weather on the 10th June, and as their return to port could only be accomplished with great risk, the No. 1 Lifeboat, Robert and Mary Ellis, was launched about 10 A.M.,...
Fishing Cobles
STAITHES, YORKSHIRE.—Towards dusk on the 17th February, considerable anxiety was felt regarding three of the fishingcobles which had not returned to port and, as a strong wind was blowing and the sea was becoming heavy, the Life-boat...