LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mrs. Fairrie, President of the Hoylake Ladies' Life-Boat Guild
BY the death on 12th April last of Mrs.
A. J. Fairrie, President of the Hoylake Ladies' Life-boat Guild, in her eightyninth year, the Institution has lost the oldest of its many lady workers. For over thirty ysars she...
Category: Obituaries
The Ex-Belgian Motor Vessel Margurette Marie Louise
OCTOBER 12TH. - THE LIZARD, CORNWALL.
At 6.10 in the evening information was received from the coastguard that a small steamer was flashing an S.O.S., and the motor life-boat Duke of York was launched at 6.37. A fresh...
H. R. H. the Duke of Kent, K.G.
The death of the Duke of Kent in an air accident on August 2jth. is a very great loss to the life-boat service. Of all the members of the Royal Family who have been associated with it since its foundation none has taken a more generous and...
Category: Articles
The Milford Haven Steam Trawler Star of Don
OCTOBER 20TH. - GALWAY BAY. At 9.30 at night a life-boatman reported distress signals from the Milford Haven steam trawler Star of Don, which was in Killeany Bay to the south of the life-boat station. A strong north-east wind was blowing,...
As Part of Newquay's Very Full Fund-Raising Programme the Ladies of the Guild Join In the Town's Floral Dance When Rear Admiral Wilfred Graham Visited Cornwall In June He Presented a Joint Statu
As part ofNewquay's very full fund-raising programme the ladies of the guild join in the town's floral dance. When Rear Admiral Wilfred Graham visited Cornwall in June he presented a joint statuette to Michael and Pauline Morris: he... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society
THE Thirty-first Annual Meeting of this national charity, incorporated by Act of Parliament, and supported by voluntary contributions, to assist destitute persons cast away upon our coasts, was held on the 25th May last at Burdett Hall, Lime...
Category: Meetings
Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
National Institution PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
ESTABLISHED IN 1824.
SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS, PATRONESS.
HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE...
Category: Advertisement
Troon Lifeboat the 44Ft Waveney Connel Elizabeth Cargill
Troon lifeboat, the 44ft Waveney Connel Elizabeth Cargill, leaving Portpulrick in deteriorating weather one Julv morning. She had called in on passage to Holyhead for engine overhaul.
photograph by courtesy of Mr T. G.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Guest Speaker at the Awards Ceremony Richard Branson
Guest speaker at the Awards ceremony Richard Branson with RNLI medal winners Fergal Walsh fright) and Nick Beale. Accounts of their medal-winning rescues can be found on pages 14 and 18 of this magazine respectively.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Electrical Communication Between Lighthouses and Light-Vessels and the Shore
THE following is a copy of a placard circulated in November last by the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, calling attention to an important concession to shipowners and others, whereby they are allowed on occasions of shipping casualties...
Category: Articles