LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Three Brothers, of Sunderland
DECEMBER 29TH. - SEAHAM, DURHAM.
About three in the afternoon a motor fishing coble was seen to be in distress to the southeast of Seaham, and at 3.43 the motor life-boat Elizabeth Wills Allen was launched, in a moderate...
Life-Saving Apparatus at Sea
The following is the text of the report of the committee appointed by the Board of Trade to consider the question of boats, rafts, and life-saving apparatus carried by sea-going merchant ships: — " Liverpool, 25 October,...
Category: Articles
Another of the Lifeboatmen's Best Friends! Littlecreeks Jack Dempsey; a Newfoundland
Another of the lifeboatmen's best friends! Littlecreeks Jack Dempsey; a Newfoundland dog well known in the canine world, who has retired from show life. Now, his owner Richard Farrington of Hoe, near Battle, a keen Shoreline member,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Neptune, of Delaware U.S
Early on the morning of the 28th December, information was received at this station, that a ship was on shore at Spittal Point, about a mile S.W. of Newbiggin. There was a strong wind blowing from the S. at the time, and it was very dark....
Looking Across One Corner of Machine Shop to Area Where Lifejackets Are Serviced and Ilbs Held for Distribution to the Coast; All Major Ilb Servicing Is Done at Cowes
Looking across one corner of machine shop to area where lifejackets are serviced and ILBs held for distribution to the coast; all major ILB servicing is done at Cowes.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Skylark, of Newhaven
MAY 13TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. About one in the afternoon the Fairlight coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat off Pett Level appeared to be in difficulties, though she was not showing distress signals. At 1.35 the motor life-boat Cyril...
Peace Time Record of Lives Saved: Outstanding Year's Work Reported
THE President of the R.N.L.I., the Duke of Kent, said at the 148th annual meeting at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on 18th May, that the Institution rested on four great pillars, each of which was essential to its health and...
Category: Articles
Freda, Star of Hope and Radiant Morn
The Staithes fishing fleet put out at 5 a.M. on the 20th December in moderate weather.
Later the wind got .up, and by 10.30 A.M. a moderate and increasing N.N.W.
gale was blowing, with a heavy...
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
The life-boats at Padstow and Appledore were out all night in a gale on Christmas Eve, searching for an unknown vessel, and on Christmas Day the Galway Bay life-boat fetched a soldier, on leave from Italy, from the mainland to his home in...
Category: Articles
Screw Steam Life-Boat of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
PROFILE MIDSHIP SECTION DECK PLAN PRINCIPAL DIMENSIONS. UnJIk mir ill 56 f! 6 in • -on I.W.I. •53. 0 *V_ Breidlr, . . 12 - 6 • over spoiisons 11 . 0 ...
Category: Drawings