LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Coxswain Thomas Reay of Maryport
COXSWAIN THOMAS REAY of Maryport died on the 14th of April, 1959, at the age of 77. He served as coxswain from 1932 to 1941 after having previously served as bowman for nearly three years and second coxswain for over twenty-three years. He...
Category: Obituaries
Dunedin Star, of London
At 4 p.m. on 29th September, 1966, a sick man on board the m.v. Dunedin Star,of London, needed to be brought ashore.
At 9.45 the Solomon Browne life-boat was launched. The tide was ebbing. A doctor and ambulance crew were...
The Safety Fishing-Boat of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The accompanying figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, aircompartments, shifting-coamings, and hatches of one of the safety boats, 40 feet in length and 14 feet in breadth.
In figs. 1 and 2, the...
Category: Articles
Bucephalus, of Shields
On September 22nd, during a fresh breeze at E.N.E., a burning tar-barrel was observed at this station from some distressed vessel in the direction of the east end of the Goodwin Sands. The steam-tug Vulwm, with the Life-boat Bradford in tow,...
Girl Mina
Stronsay, Orkneys - At 8.25 p.m.
on 4th February, 1967, the motor fishing vessel Girl Mina was reported aground at Elsness Holm, Sanday. The life-boat The John Gellatly Hyndman proceeded to the casualty at 8.45 in a strong...
New Vice-Presidents
THE Committee of Management have appointed the following to be Vice- Presidents of the Institution, and they have accepted the appointment: The Right Hon. the Viscount Grey of Fallo- den, E.G., P.C., D.C.L., D.L.; Major- General the Right...
Category: Committee
Lower One the Inevitable Result
Lower One The Inevitable Result. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sunshine, of Padstow
on the 10th October, this life-boat was launched and proceeded to the wreck of the schooner Sunshine, of Padstow, on the Newcome Sand, the wind blowing a fresh gale from the S.W. at the time. On arrival at the vessel it was found that she...
Book Reviews
O There cannot be many works of fiction based on the lifeboat service and of these few are likely to ring true to the men who man the boats. Although the majority of people would say that they are well acquainted with the RNLI, its lifeboats...
Category: Articles
Classifieds
Rescue at sea By Clayton Evans Published by Chrysalis Books ISBN 0851779344 Price: £35 Canadian Coast Guard Coxswain Clayton Evans has spent a decade gathering material from all over the world to create this reference and general...
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