LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
At the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Committee of this Fund, held on the 18th inst., and presided over by Mr. Chae. G. Turner, C.B., Comptroller-General of Inland Revenue, Mr. Charles Dibdin, the Honorary Secretary, reported that the...
Category: Meetings
The Tougue Lightvessel, the Princes Light Ship and The Fusiler
THE following is the Coxswain's report of the important services rendered on the night of 3rd Dec. last, by the Ramsgate life-boat, to the passengers of the emigrant ship Fusi- lier, of London; and to the crew of the ship Denierara, of...
The Sailing Boat Lorelei
TOW FOR SAILING BOAT IN NEAR GALE Howth, Co. Dublin. At 3.10 on the afternoon of the llth August, 1962, a message was received that a sailing boat had capsized off Rush and that no local boat was likely to be able to help. A near gale was...
Ursula and Sallie
The Life-boat Hollon the Third was launched to the assistance of the fishing-cobles which had been overtaken by a sudden S. gale on the 2nd December. Most of the boats suc- ceeded in getting into safety, but two of them, named the Ursula...
Naming Ceremonies and Dedications
Exmouth A WARM SUMMER'S DAY on the South Devon coast, royal visitors and a naming ceremony were guaranteed to bring holidaymakers, local inhabitants and lifeboat supporters to every vantage point in and around the Exmouth docks when...
Category: Inaugurations
The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854
IN various parts of the Life-boat Journal, we have expressed a strong conviction of the utter inadequacy of all existing means for affording succour to shipwrecked persons around our coasts. We have mourned over it as a national discredit,...
Category: Articles
Your Letters
Let's campaign to improve safety at sea! As an RNLI member, I was interested to read the Director's message in the Winter issue of THE LIFEBOAT and the Newspoint on page 147 suggesting that the RNLI is at last looking at ways to...
Category: Correspondence
Fairey Marine Group
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Category: Advertisement
Two French Vessels -Augustine & La Jeune Erneste
On the 15th December, during a heavy S.S.E. gale, two French vessels, mistaking this harbour for that of Portsmouth, struck on the sands at East [ Looe and West Looe respectively. The ' Manley Wood life-boat was soon launched...
An Aeroplane (32)
SEPTEMBER 6TH. - HASTINGS AND EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX. At 12.40 in the afternoon information was received from the coastguard and the police that anaeroplane was down in the sea. A fresh W.S.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The aeroplane...