LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mrs Osman Gabriel
It is with great sorrow that we announce the death early last October of Mrs. Osman Gabriel. Mrs. Gabriel was herself the generous donor of an Atlantic 21 inshore lifeboat, and it was in her honour that the second 37' Rother class...
Category: Obituaries
The Merchant Shipping Act, 1875
UNSEAWORTHY SHIPS, 38 & 39 VICTORIA, CAP. 88.) THE Act -which was passed at the end of last Session for the better security of ships and sailors, although only to con- tinue in force for one year, is of consider- able importance, as...
Category: Articles
An Eggs-Tra Special Gift
The £20,000 Faberge-style egg has finally found a home with the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights in London. It is especially appropriate as the egg contains a model of the City of London.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Douglas May Have Changed
Douglas may have changed since Sir William Hillary's time, but it is still home to an RNLI lifeboat and the cradle of the Institution.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Fishing Boat (3)
JULY 29TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. A fishing boat returning from a pleasure trip had trouble with her engine, but she was able to repair it. - Rewards, £3 10s..
An Aeroplane (71)
SEPTEMBER 10TH. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN. It was reported that an aeroplane had come down in the sea and that a man had been heard shouting, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £8 2s. 6d..
A Whitley Aeroplane (1)
DECEMBER 24TH. - SENNEN COVE, CORNWALL. A Whitley aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but four men from it were rescued by a patrol trawler. The others were not found. - Rewards, £9 10s..
None (107)
DECEMBER 12TH. - BALTIMORE, CO. CORK. Explosions were heard and aeroplanes seen off the harbour. It was thought that a vessel had been attacked by German aeroplanes, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £9 9s..
Andromeda
The schooner Andromeda, of Riga, bound from London to Bo'ness, with a cargo of scrap iron, stranded in the vicinity of Thorntonloch, on the 6th January. The Life-boat, Sarah Kay and the rocket apparatus were quickly on the scene of the...
The Record of the War
In the five years, eight months and six days of war, from September 3rd., 1939, to May 8th., 1945, the life-boats of the Institution were launched to the help of ships and aeroplanes in distress 3760 times and rescued from them 6376 lives....
Category: Articles