LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE RIGHT HON. LORD BRASSEY, K.C.B., IN THE CHAIR.

Moved by The Eight Hon. LOBD BRASSEY, ILC.B.

Seconded by the Eight Hon.

LORD CLAUD J. HAMILTON.

1. That ...

LYTHAM.—While the heavy gale was blowing on the 7th October, the steam tender Florence;, of Preston, was seen to part one of her chains and collide with another steamer, damaging both vessels.

The sea being very high, at...

St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 5.16 on the morning of the 20th of May, 1959, the honorary secretary received a message from the s.s. Roebuck that M.F. V. 160 of the Royal Army Service Corps was anchored six miles south- south-west of Casquets...

THURSO, CAITHNESS-SHIRE.—While a whole gale from W.N.W. was raging, accompanied by a very heavy sea and rain, on the night of the 5th January, 1902, signals of distress were observed from the schooners Emma Louise and Elizabeth Miller, both...

The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...

The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of a 34 feet by 7* feet self-righting boat. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view, the shaded part showing that devoted to the air-cases, which give extra buoyancy...

TUB following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convoy an idea of the general character of one of the 293 Life-boat Stations...

The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...