LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Mumbles Lifeboat Appeal
Darren Grainger, 11, is a seasoned fund-raiser. He has run all types of events, including jumble sales, to help charities. His latest effort; a teddy bear's picnic, was for The Mumbles lifeboat appeal. It was held at Treboeth Public Hall... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Pilgrims' Progress
Remember the story of Martyn King and Alison Shaw from the Summer 2000 issue? The pair had started their two year, 7,000 mile journey along the coast of Britain, stopping at 185 lifeboat stations along the way. On 11 May 2000, they were... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Use of Oil for Smoothing Troubled Waters
WITH the view of diminishing the serious loss of life which takes place every year from fishing-vessels both on the coasts of the United Kingdom and in the North Sea, and other fishing grounds, the Com- mittee of the NATIONAL SEA FISHERIES...
Category: Articles
Girl Norma
DF bearing OBAN COASTGUARD reported to the deputy launching authority of Islay lifeboat station at 0216 on Wednesday February 16 that the fishing vessel Girl Norma had broken down to the west of Jura.
The night was dark and...
The Shipping of the United Kingdom
THE following is a Return, compiled from Parliamentary Documents, of the number of ships which entered inwards, and cleared outwards, from British ports, during the year 1861; that for 1862 not having as yet been published:— Ships. Tone.<...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat
The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of the different types of Life-boats used in the Institution's service. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view. Fig. 2 the " plan " or deck view. Fig....
Category: Articles
Arrow Belle
During the forenoon of the 19th January, the schooner Arrow Belle, of Aberystwith, bound from Glen- dower to Greenock, but then at anchor in the Bay of Dublin, parted from her cables and drove ashore near North Bull. A strong gale from the S...
Colette
Margate, Kent - At 10.14 p.m. on 15th April, 1968, it was reported that a cabin cruiser was aground on the rocks three-quarters of a mile from Foreness point. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched at 10.30 in a...
Ida
At daybreak on the 27th of February, a vessel of Dundalk, which proved to be the brigantiue Ida, was observed ashore near Black Rock — near the entrance of the harbour of Dun- dalk. A gale was blowing from the E., and a considerable sea was...
Love Lane
WEXFORD, IRELAND,—A whole gale from W.N.W., suddenly sprung up on the evening of the 31st January, and the yawl Love Lane, which was seeking the shelter of the harbour, grounded on the N. side of the bar. She signalled for assistance, and at...