LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
S.S. Lisbon, H.M.S. Advance and Abeille
OCTOBER 30TH. - ABERDEEN. A 6.40 A.M. a message was received that the S.S. Lisbon had been torpedoed, and the lifeboat crew was asked to stand by. At 7.42 the No. 1 motor life-boat Emma Constance put out at 7.42 A.M., but she was asked to...
Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society
THE Thirty-first Annual Meeting of this national charity, incorporated by Act of Parliament, and supported by voluntary contributions, to assist destitute persons cast away upon our coasts, was held on the 25th May last at Burdett Hall, Lime...
Category: Meetings
On the Coast of Jutland
Rescue of the crew of the s.s. Sprightly, of Newcastle, by the Danish Life-saving Service last June.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (6)
JANUARY 7TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
A British aeroplane had been reported in the sea, but her crew of three had been rescued by a fishing boat before the life-boat arrived. - Rewards, £13 2s.
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S.S. Laird’s Castle, Iago and Mr. Linthorst Homan
SEPTEMBER 4TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE. At 6.55 A.M. the Portpatrick coastguard telephoned that the S.S.. Laird’s Castle, of Glasgow, had been in collision. Her position was given as about one mile west of Sanda Island. A moderate S....
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Management.
Thursday, 18th December, 1924.
Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the Chair.
Decided to close the following Stations : — Gorleston, No. 2.
Winterton, Nos. 1 and...
Category: Committee
56 Days on the Atlantic
THE 61-feet former Padstow life-boat Princess Mary, now the converted life-boat Aries, crossed the Atlantic in both directions in 1954. She was commanded by her owner, Mr. Cecil Harcourt-Smith, and had a crew of four.
The...
Category: Articles
S.S. Empire Kingsley, of Greenock and Escort Vessel
MARCH 22ND. - SENNEN COVE, CORNWALL.
At 3.40 in the afternoon an explosion was heard and it was seen that a vessel had been torpedoed about seven miles northwest of the life-boat station. A moderate east-south-east wind...
The Gorleston Motor Life-Boat, "John & Mary Meiklam of Gladswood," Returning to Harbour After Saving the S.S. "Fox," of Hull, and Her Crew of Six on 27th November, 1924
The Gorleston Motor Life-Boat "John & Mary Meiklam of Gladswood" Returning To Harbour After Saving The SS "Fox" of Hull and Her Crew of Six On 27Th November 1924. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Contents
PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN 58 NOTES OF THE QUARTER 59 COLLAPSE OF AN OIL RIG 63 LAUNCH TO RADIO CAROLINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 MEDAL FOR SCOTTISH SKIPPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 70 CHRISTMAS CARDS AND...
Category: Articles