LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Four Life-Boats Are Named. Countess Howe at Yarmouth
OVER a year after she was first introduced experimentally into the life-boat service, the 48-foot 6-inch Oakley prototype life-boat, The* Earl and Countess Howe, was named and dedicated at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, on 26th...
Category: Inaugurations
Northern Queen, of Lowestoft (1)
Aldeburgh, and Lowes toft, Suffolk.—On the morning of the 14th February, 1938, the Aldeburgh motor life-boat Abdy Beauclerk was launched at 8.30 A.M. on information from the Aldeburgh coastguard that a fishing smack was in distress several...
A Salmon Fishing Coble
MONTROSE.—-At 5 P.M. on the 8th of January, during a gale from the N.N.W., it was reported that a salmon fishing coble, with four men, was anchored a mile and a-half from Kirkside, and flying signals of distress, being in danger of drifting...
The Remarkable Mrs, M'Gonigle
This article about Mrs. Dorothy M'Gonigle, of Stockton, who is doing sterling work for the R.N.L.I., was written by Susan Slater and first appeared in the 'Evening Gazette', Middlesbrough.
It is reproduced by...
Category: Articles
Inshore Lifeboat Services March April and May 1977
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire May 24.
Abersoch. Gwynedd April 13, 18 and May 30.
Aberystwyth, Dyfed May 5.
Arran, Buteshire April 25 (twice).
Atlantic College, South Glamorgan...
Category: Services
Cleghorn Waring
There's a lot of Jobs for Jabsco pumps on any boat Engine Cooling Jabsco pumps oiler a complete range for mannisalion or replacement.
WC Macerator This aid to sewage pumping is compact and runs efficiently off a 1 2 v s...
Category: Advertisement
Life-Boat Saturday Fund
LIST OF OFFICERS.
PRESIDENT— Capt. H.R.H. The DUKE or YORK, K.N., K.G.
PRESIDENT OF THE LADIES' AUXILIARIES--H.R.H. The DUCHESS OF YORK.
CENTRAL COMMITTEE— Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK,...
Category: Articles
H.R.H. The Prince George, K.G., at Aldeburgh. Inaugural Ceremony of the New Motor Life-Boat
ON 27th May, H.R.H. the Prince George, K.G., named the new Motor Life-boat stationed at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. This is the seventh Motor Life-boat to be named by the Prince.
The Aldeburgh boat is the first of a new type...
Category: Inaugurations
Capt. F. Rolli Pointing Out to a B.B.C. Commentator the Rock Which His Ship, the S.S. Isabo, Struck on 27th October, 1927, at the Isles of Scilly
Capt. F. Rolli pointing out to a B.B.C. commentator the rock which his ship, the s.s. Isabo, struck on 27th October, 1927, at the Isles of Scilly. Miraculously, however, 32 of the crew of 38 were picked up despite high seas and fog.View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
December (1)
INVERGORDON, ROSS-SHIRE. On the 21st of August, 1946, the Invergordon and Balblair motor ferry boat was on a run to Invergordon when, at 4.20, she saw a naval whaler capsize. A north-east wind was blowing against the ebb tide and raising a...
Category: Services