LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT NEWCASTLE JANUARY 19TH- 2 1 ST. - NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN. At 6.45 in the morning the motor life-boat at Newcastle, Co. Down, L. P. and St.
Helen, was launched in a blinding snow-storm to the help of the...
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
Lunhods I Wedged Firmly Into the Rocks South of Kirkabister Light at the Entrance to Bressay Sound. It Was Dark and Blowing Force 10 When Soldian Went to Her R
Lunhods I wedged firmly into the rocks south of Kirkabister Light at the entrance to Bressay Sound. It was dark and blowing Force 10 when Soldian went to her rescue. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Inflatables Are Best Played With
Inflatable are best played with on the beach, not in the water. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fast from a Carriage the Fast Carriage Lifeboat Takes Shape
The experimental prototype of a new design of 38ft lifeboat which is fast, yet capable of launching from a carriage, is now under construction and will begin trials in the spring. Edward Wake-Walker examines her development.THE RNLI HAS A...
Category: Articles
H.M.S. Jeanie Deans and The Barges Ida, of Harwich and Xylonite, of Ipswich
DECEMBER 17TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 6.25 in the morning a request was received from the naval control for the life-boat to go to the Maplin Sands where a vessel had been driven ashore on the Black tail Spit. A strong southerly...
Fig 3: the Twin General Motors 8V-71 Marine Diesel
Fig. 3: The twin General Motors 8V-71 marine diesel engines, having completed bench trials, are ready to be lifted into the lifeboat's engine room.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Racy Lady Aground on the Middle Shingle Bank.
Racy Lady aground on the Middle Shingle Bank. Crew member Falcon Hawkins can be seen on the yacht's foredeck having swum across with a line.. - View image in PDF
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Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1883
RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING FOE 1883.
His GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, P.O., D.C.L., IN the CHAIR.
1.—Moved by the CHAIRMAN :—1.—That the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be the...
Category: Meetings
To the Rescue of a London Barge at Walton-on-Naze
THE barges Esterel and Yampa, of London, were on their way from London to Norwich with cargoes of maize on the 4th November, 1939.
When nearly opposite Orfordness they were caught by an easterly gale. Both barges turned...
Category: Services