LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Fishing Trawlers Junella and St Jasper
Two medical calls BELFAST COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Portrush lifeboat station at 1505 on Sunday November 15, 1981, that a seaman was critically ill aboard the fishing trawler Junella, nine miles north east of Portrush; he...
Andy Keeling (Right) Bestows the Name on the Atlantic 75 Rotoract
Andy Keeling (right) bestows the name on the Atlantic 75 Rotoract /by pouring the traditional champagne over her bows.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., K.B.E.
SIR GODFREY BARING, who retired from the Committee of Management in 1956 after having served on the Committee for forty-five years and having been the Committee's Chairman for thirty-three years, died on the 24th of November, 1957. Sir...
Category: Obituaries
Highland Chief, of London & Tavestock, of Plymouth
Also, on the 12th February, the life-boat and steamer were again off in reply to sig- nals of distress from ships in the neighbour- hood of the Goodwin Sands. The wind had shifted from a southerly to a north-westerly direction, and in a few...
Thalatta, of Harwich
JANUARY 19TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 2.48 in the afternoon the coastguard reported a sailing barge flying a signal.
A fresh north-west wind was blowing, with a heavy swell and squalls of snow. The motor life-boat...
Fauvette, of London
FEBRUARY 3RD. - COVERACK, CORNWALL. At 6.5 in the morning a man reported a steamer in distress near Lowland Point, and the motor life-boat The Three Sisters was launched at 6.20. A strong westsouth- westerly wind was blowing,...
The S.S. Gliwice
On the 13th of November, 1959, the Appledore life-boat was launched to the s.s. Gliwice, of Szczecin, Poland.
For this service, a full account of which appears on page 386, Coxswain Sydney Cann was accorded the thanks of...
The Duke of Northumberland's Prize Essay Competition Challenge Shield
The Duke of Northumberland's Prize Essay Competition Challenge Shield. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1885
His GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, P.O., D.C.L., President, IN THE CHAIE.
1.—Moved by His Grace The DUKE OF PORTLAND.
Seconded by The Eight Hon. The EAKL PEECY, P.O., M.P.,...
Category: Meetings
Increase of British Shipping
THOSE who are old enough to remember the repeal of the navigation laws describe the state of feeling that prevailed among the shipowning class when the measure was carried safely through Parliament as one of absolute panic. Nothing but the...
Category: Articles