LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mr. Frank Garon, of Southend-On-Sea
MR. FRANK GARON, the chairman of the Southend-on-Sea branch died on the 29th of July at the age of sixty. A director of the big catering firm of Garons in Southend, he was another of the many busy men who yet are able to give much of their...
Category: Obituaries
Notes of the Quarter
WITH the conclusion of the Procurator Fiscal's enquiry, which was held at Kirkwall on 10th June, 1969, it is possible for the Institution to publish its own findings on the circumstances leading to the loss of the Longhope...
Category: Articles
Signals of Distress
SIGNALS OF DISTRESS.
THE terrible loss of the Nbrthfleet, and of nearly 400 human beings, who had en- trusted themselves to her safe keeping, has strikingly indicated the need, which had often previously been felt, of some...
Category: Articles
The Crew of the Helicopter That Rescued the Sole Survivor from the South Goodwin Lightship
The crew of the helicopter that rescued the sole survivor from the South Goodwin lightship Left to right: Captain Curtis E Parkins (awarded an RNLI Silver Medal for Gallantry), Major Paul L Park, Airman First Class Elmer H Vollman and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mary, of Laxey
The Life-boat Two Sisters proceeded from this port on the 22nd October, and saved the crew of the schooner Mary, of Laxey, during a strong gale from N.N.W. and a heavy sea; the service was promptly rendered in a manner highly creditable to...
Fauvette, of London
FEBRUARY 3RD. - COVERACK, CORNWALL. At 6.5 in the morning a man reported a steamer in distress near Lowland Point, and the motor life-boat The Three Sisters was launched at 6.20. A strong westsouth- westerly wind was blowing,...
Neptunas, of Soon, Norway
Excellent ser- vice was performed by the Life-boat on this station on. the 16th August. About five o'clock on the rooming of that day, during a very heavy gale, with a rough sea, the barque Neptunus, of Soon, Norway, drove ashore in...
City of Edinburgh
A message by telephone was received from the North Hasborough Light-vessel stating that a vessel was in need of assistance on the morning of the 5th June.
The. weather was. foggy, the sea was very heavy and a moderate gale...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 8th October, 1914.
The Rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Read the minutes of the Building,...
Category: Committee
Sketch of the Progress Made In the Construction of Coast Life-Boats. 1785-1900. No. 3
IN the last number of the Life-boat Journal (August, 1900) this sketch was taken up to 1840, when the Liverpool type of Life-boat came into use, and the improvements in that type were traced up to the present date.
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Category: Articles