LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Speedwell
GOELBSTON.—The No. 1 Life-boat, the Mark Lane, was launched at 1.45 P.M. on the 17th of January, during a strong S.E.
by E. wind and a heavy sea, to the assistance of the s.s. Speedwell, of Yarmouth, which had grounded on...
The Great International Fisheries Exhibition
ALTHOUGH it is not in our power, from want of space, in the present Number of the Life-boat Journal, or, indeed, in any one Number, to notice adequately this truly great "International Exhibition," the intimate connection of the...
Category: Articles
Rosstrevor
GREENORE.—On the 2nd March the steamer Rosstrevor, of Dublin, belonging to the London and North Western Railway Company, left Greenore at about 6 P.M., bound for Holyhead, with passengers and a general cargo. She had proceeded a little...
The S.S. Santa Rosa
RAMSGATE.—At 8 P.M. on the 26th November, during a fresh W.N.W. wind and a heavy sea, the Bradford Life-boat and steam-tug Aid went out, in reply to signals from the Gull lightship and found the s.s. Santa Rosa, of Gijon, ashore on the...
The Corporation of Trinity-House, London
WE believe that it will be both interesting and instructive to the readers of the Life- Boat Journal generally to have a brief account of the origin, objects, and functions of the Trinity House, London, which is one of the most ancient and...
Category: Articles
Snowdrop
LOWESTOFT.—At 3 o'clock on the afternoon of the 17th of January, the second coxswain of the Life-boat observed that the trawler Snowdrop, of Ramsgate, had run aground on the north part of the Newcome Sand, during an E. by S. wind and a...
Bravest Act of Life-Saving
THE Maud Smith award for the bravest act of life-saving by a member of a life- boat crew in 1960 has been won by Coxswain Patrick Power of Dunmore East, Co. Waterford, for the rescue of the only man on board a disabled barge on the 4th of...
Category: Awards
Aith Crew Member Jim Nicolson
Aith crew member Jim Nicolson. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Above) One of the Illustrations from the Booklet Safety on the Sea
(Above) One of the illustrations from the booklet Safety On The Sea, produced by the RNLI for the Sea Safety Liaison Working Group, comprised of six of the major organisations involved in marine use and safety. Under the cartoon is a list of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Life-Boat Service In 1932
THE LIFE-BO AT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 111 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 66 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to February 28th, 1933 - 63,209 The Life-boat Service in 1932.
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