LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Century Ago
BROWSING through earlier issues of THE LIFE-BOAT is always a fascinating occupation.
Recently we have been sent to the files in search of information on the old tubular life-boats, in which several members of the public...
Category: Articles
Coronation Queen
Runswick, Yorkshire. On the 29th August, 1961, the fishing boat Corona- tion Queen left Staithes for the fishing grounds at 4.30 in the morning. She was due back at one o'clock, but some two and a half hours later she had not returned....
Brooke Marine Ltd
Brooke Marine Limited SHIPBUILDERS-ENGINEERS AND CONSULTING NAVAL ARCHITECTS ESTABLISHED 1S74 NAMES Type 50 ft Self-Righting Length overall 50' 0' Beam 14' 6' Displacement 23.5 tons Fuel Capacity 400 imp. gallons Twin General...
Category: Advertisement
An Aeroplane (6)
Hastings, Sussex, and Dungeness, Kent.—At 9.29 P.M. on the 9th September, 1939, the coastguard at Fairlight reported that an aeroplane had come down in the sea a mile to the east. The weather was clear and the sea was calm. At 9.35 the...
District Conferences
North-East of England, South-East of England, and North-West of England.
TEN years ago the first conference of honorary workers was held in the North of England and although the practice of holding them regularly was not...
Category: Meetings
Ercole, of Naples
On the 25th Jan. the brig ! Ercole, of Naples, was descried off St.Anne's Head in a distressed and (in the i judgment of the crew) hopeless condition ; they haying, in consequence of her dis- I abled state, anchored their vessel on a...
Mermaid, of Grimsby
the 14th November the Life -boat Licensed Victualler was launched to rescue a boy who had bee.n left on board the smack Mermaid, of Grimsby, which vessel had parted from her cables while in charge of the boy and grounded 200 yards from the...
Helen Walker And Polly
A strong W.N.W. gale with a very heavy sea on 1st February caused great anxiety to be felt for some of the fishing boats which were at sea. About 4 P.M. a boat was seen approaching the harbour, and as it was felt that she could never weather...
Ann, of Blyth
On the 12th June the brig Ann, of Blyth, parted her cables in a S.E. gale, in Alnmouth Bay, and was driven ashore. The small four-oared self-righting life-boat belonging to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION was quickly launched in a heavy...
Flag Days George Price Dos (East) at Harwich With Coxswain and Crew the Chairman and Honorary Secretary of the Branch and a Group of Girl Flag Sellers Who Work A
Flag days . . . George Price, DOS (East), at Harwich with coxswain and crew, the chairman and honorary secretary of the branch and a group of girl flag sellers who work at a local clothing factory belonging to the branch president, T. M. F.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs