LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Marietta
Teesmouth lifeboat, the 47ft Watson Sarah Jane and James Season, was on passage to Hanlepool on August 16, 1981. under the command of Coxswain William Carter when she was informed b\ Tees Coastguard that the motor cruiser Marietta was...
Four Sailing Dinghies and the Atlantic College Boat Aphrodite
Atlantic College, Glamorganshire.
At 2.30 p.m. on 28th October, 1965, while the two IRB's (Nos. 33 and 38) were on exercise, with four sailing dinghies and the Atlantic College boat Aphrodite, the breeze freshened. The...
Adventure
Newbiggin, Northumberland.—At 7.30 in the morning of the 12th of August, 1948, the life-boat coxswain returned from sea and reported that wind and sea were rising. He kept watch. At 8.20 the coastguard rang up to say that two cobles were...
The Kind of Conditions In Which Aberystwyth's C Class Lifeboat Operates - and This Is a Relatively Quiet Day
The kind of conditions in which Aberystwyth's C class lifeboat operates - and this is a relatively quiet day.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Obituary
IT is with deep regret that we have to record the death of Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton, G.O.B., which took place, at the age of 83, at Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks, on Wednesday, Sep- tember 18th.
Sir Richard Hamilton...
Category: Obituaries
Lowering Ships' Boats at Sea
ON a former occasion we brought to the notice of our readers Mr. LACON'S improved plan for lowering boats, intended to prevent the recurrence of such lamentable accidents and fearful loss of life as had then recently taken place in the...
Category: Articles
The Seine-Net Fishing Boat Faithful
SEINE-NET FISHING BOAT DRIVEN ASHORE North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At 7.20 on the evening of the 18th June, 1963, the coxswain reported that the local seine-net fishing boat Faithful, which had a crew of six, had driven...
Johnson's Experimental Rotary Unit Outboard Engine Was Shown By E P Barms
Johnson's experimental rotary unit outboard engine was shown by E. P. Barms.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A New Type of Life-Boat.
Construction b*gan last December1 on the first of a. new type of motor life-bo and three mere of the type have been laid down since. They are a development of tfl powerful Watson cabin type af life-boat. 46 feet long and driven by two 40...
Category: Articles
Trojan
The ketch Trojan, of Jersey, bound from London to Morlaix, Brittany, was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands on the 14th July soon after 2 A.M. The Life-boat Francis Forbes Barton was launched in response to signals, and on reaching the ketch the...