LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Launching Life-Boats Off Slipways
Results of Tests with regard to Depth of Water, Speed of Launching and Construction.
By CAPTAIN HOWARD F. J. ROWLEY, C.B.E., R.N., Chief Inspector of Life-boats.FOR many years past the practice of launching Life-boats off...
Category: Articles
Coxswain W. A. Rowe
William Archibald Rowe died on 30th July, 1963, after his boat had struck a rock. He swam ashore, and a member of the Coverack crew gave him first aid. He was taken to hospital by helicopter but died there.
He had been an...
Category: Obituaries
Rian, of Groningen and The Dutch Minesweeper Jan Van Gelder
FEBRUARY 3RD. - RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN. At 2.45 in the morning the coastguard reported vessels in collision three miles east-by-north of Queen’s Pier. The motor life-boat Lady Harrison was launched at 3.40. The south-westerly wind was moderate,...
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Captain Stephen Manson
Captain Stephen Manson Kirkwall station honorary secretary, on 23 October.
Category: Obituaries
Hartley, of Southampton,
On the 24th of September, at 11 P.M., the brig Hartley, of Southampton, went on shore on the south end of the Goodwin sands, the wind blowing a strong gale from the S.W. at the time. At 1-40 A. si. alarm guns and rockets were observed on...
A Motor Boat from H.M.S. Lucia
Weymouth, Dorset.—On the morning of the 12th November a motor boat from H.M.S. Lucia ran aground on the south end of the northern arm of the breakwater at Portland harbour. Shewas reported by the Royal Naval Police at Bincleaves, and the...
A Ship’s Boat belonging to the Janna
AUGUST 11TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
At 7.30 P.M. the coastguard reported a ship’s boat drifting about six miles N.W. by W. of Towan Head. A N.W. by W.
wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat...
The S.S. Ethel Radcliffe and the S.S. Corrie
APRIL 26TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 12.30 P.M.
an officer of the Great Yarmouth naval base asked the life-boat coxswain if the life-boat could take some men off a vessel. She was the S.S. Ethel Radcliffe...
The Crew of the Portrush Antrim Life-Boat Lady Scott (Civil Service No 4) Whose Coxswain Is Mr R Mcmullan the Crew Are Wearing the New Life-Jackets and Protective Suit
The crew of the Portrush, Antrim, life-boat Lady Scott (Civil Service No. 4), whose coxswain is Mr. R. McMullan. The crew are wearing the new life-jackets and protective suits.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs