LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Value of the Self-Righting Property In Life-Boats
IN the year 1851 the first self-righting Life-boat was built by Mr. JAMES BEECHING, the well-known boat-builder, at Yarmouth, who had obtained the prize of 1007., which had been offered in the previous year by Admiral the DUKE of...
Category: Articles
Queensgate
COASTER REFLOATED Cullercoats, Northumberland. At 2.35 a.m. on nth February, 1964, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a coaster appeared to be in a dangerous position to the south of the harbour. The coxswain investigated and found...
The Converted Ship's Life-Boat Nicholas
Over mud WHILE PAYING a routine visit to Spurn Coastguard lookout on Saturday December 6, 1980, Superintendent Coxswain Brian Bevan of Humber lifeboat station was told, at 1912, that Hull Radio had reported two red flares sighted in the Foul...
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Angler in the water WHEN, on the evening of Friday November 30, 1984, Mr Michael Morris, honorary secretary of Newquay (Cornwall)lifeboat station, was informed that a sea angler had fallen off the rocks at the western end of Fistral Beach,...
Histories of Six Life-Boat Stations. Rhyl, The Lizard, Tynemouth, Sennen Cove, Bembridge and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
DURING the past three years excellent histories have been written, and pub- lished locally, of six life-boat stations.
Rhyl celebrated its centenary in 1952,"and The Story of Rhyl's Life- boats, 1852 to 1952 was...
Category: Articles
Tijl Uilenspiegel (4)
Six lifeboats in search for missing Belgian trawler The new Tyne class lifeboat at Douglas, Isle of Man, had a testing time during her first service, in a search for a missing Belgian trawler which lasted for 11 hours in Force 7 winds and...
June
breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea and rain. The life-boat made for the position given, W. by S. 1/4S., 36 1/4 miles from Porthdinllaen Point. It was very difficult to see in the continuous rain and, when at midnight the life-boat...
Category: Services
September Three: Naming Ceremonies at Aberdeen Weymouth and Ramsgate
Aberdeen, Wednesday, September 8: Lowering skies, spatters of rain and a chill wind greeted guests invited to Aberdeen's Regent Quay for the naming ceremony of the station's new 54' Arun class lifeboat, BP Forties; but the...
Category: Inaugurations
October
Launches 96. Lives rescued 231.
OCTOBER 2ND. - FRASERBURGH. ABERDEENSHIRE The life-boat was launched twice to the help of the steam trawler Northward, from which she had previously rescued the crew of ten. For details see...
Category: Services
List of the Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution During the Year 1889
Lives saved.
Alcedo, steamer, of Bilbao—assisted to save vessel and 21 Aratus, brigantine, of Teignmonth —rendered assistance.
ArTc, ketch, of Bridgwater 3 Arktoto, ship, of Windsor, N.S.— rendered...
Category: Services