LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Merisia
JANUARY 26TH. - PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. The steam trawler Merisia, of Fleetwood, while on her way to the northern fishing grounds, struck the rocks in Bulgham Bay, north of Laxey, in the Isle of Man.
The time was about...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 12th November, 1936.
Sir GODFREY BAKING, BT., in the chair.
Resolved that the hearty and respectful thanks of the committee of management be accorded to H.R.H. the Duke of York, K.G., for...
Category: Committee
First Vellum Award for IRB Rescue
For the first time ever the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum have been accorded for a service by an inshore rescue boat. The service was carried out by the Eastney IRB on 3ist October, 1965, when six men were saved from a...
Category: Awards
An Aeroplane and a Naval Drifter
SEPTEMBER 10TH. - PORT ASKAIG, ARGYLLSHIRE. At 10.30 in the morning a message was received from the police at Bowmore that an aeroplane had been reported down in the sea near the entrance to Loch Killisport, Knapdale. This was confirmed by...
The King of Norway and One of Our Crews
IT is our pleasing duty to record, from time to time, the rewards which are conferred on our Life-boatmen by the rulers of foreign countries.
The latest instance is a gracious act on the part of H.M. the King of Norway in...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Calendar and Christmas Card
THE Institution is again issuing in the autumn a life-boat calendar for the New Year and a life-boat Christmas card.
The calendar will have on it a reproduction in colours of a picture by Mr. Charles Dixon, R.I., of the...
Category: Advertisement
Obituaries
Obituaries With deep regret we record the following deaths: OCTOBER 1990 Mrs H. Parker, president of Bolton Ladies' guild from 1974 until her death. She was chairman of the guild from 1958 to 1968 and vicepresident from 1968 to 1974.<...
Category: Obituaries
Taste of the Past
Taste of the past / am writing to tell about some events here in Sweden this summer. Let me start back in 1855 when the first lifeboat station was established in Sweden near Sandhammaren, on the south east comer of Sweden, opposite the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Cooperative Bank
The COOPERATIVE BANK At this loan rate you could afford to S D1£IS ll O U t • any amount from £1,000 to £15,000 • funds transferred directly to your bank account - with the option of same day transfer* • no arrangement fees or...
Category: Advertisement
No Sea Room from Page 18
No Sea Room from page 18 and one man was clinging to the gunwale and the other two were just inside the bulwarks clinging to his legs. Of course you always wonder what's going to happen to the last man off, because there will be nobody...
Category: Articles