LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. City of Amsterdam
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 2.50 on the morning of the 25th of May, 1958, the managing director of the owners of the S.S. City of Amsterdam, of Dublin, informed the honorary secretary that her master had collapsed on the bridge of...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
THE object of this Institution, as declared in its title, is to afford assistance to every Shipwrecked Person around the coasts of the United Kingdom.
The chief means by which it hopes to carry this object into effect are—...
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Joint Helicopter-Life-Boat Exercise
ON the 1st of September, 1955, the Humber life-boat City of Bradford III carried out an exercise in conjunction with a helicopter of the Royal Air Force station at North Cotes.
In the morning the pilot of the air- craft...
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Lulonga, S.S. Broadhurst and the S.S. London Trader
JULY 26TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At about 7.30 A.M. a message was received from the resident naval officer that the steamer Lulonga had been torpedoed.
A moderate S.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. With an...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
Founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Subscriptions.
PATRONESS—HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
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Even More on the Lagos Pilot Boat
Even more on the Lagos Pilot Boat I have been following the letters on the Lagos pilot boat with interest. This is partly because the Queen was originally propelled by water jets and the photograph with Mr Powell's letter in the Autumn... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
January
JANUARY Launches 35 Lives rescued 39 JANUARY 1ST. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE.
Shortly after one in the afternoon, the flag-officer-in-charge, Liverpool, requested the services of a life-boat to land a soldier who was...
Category: Services
Chichester Branch and the Hayling Island Lifeboat Crew
Runs aground: not quite Lords but an equally demanding wicket. Due to obvious tidal reasons the sponsored cricket match between Chichester branch and the Hayling Island lifeboat crew and supporters had to be limited to 20 overs per innings.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
WICKLOW, IBELAND. -— The Life-boat placed here some years since having become unfit for further service has been replaced by the Institution—a fine new sailing boat of the self-righting type having, with the full concurrence of the Local...
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Effrontery of Stonehaven and Snowdrop of Torry
On the 9th May the fishing-luggers Effrontery of Stonehaven and Snowdrop of Torry were in distress in a moderate gale from the N. and a heavy sea. The Life-boat was launched at 8.30 A.M. and escorted the boats into the harbour..