LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two Irishmen, Mr. John Mcfadden and Mr. Michael Carr
Two Irishmen, Mr. John McFadden and Mr. Michael Carr, with the curragh in which they went out in a heavy sea, on 2nd September, 1932, and rescued two men whose curragh had capsized.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cove and Kilcreggan Branch Flower Show
Finishing touches being made to the exhibits at Cove and Kilcreggan branch flower show. It is an annual event and is growing in popularity and size all the time. Last year's show, which was opened by the Reverend C. K. O. Spence,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Dinghy & the Steamers The S.S. Larchwood and The S.S. Burma
.—At 9 A.M. on 27th January the Life-boat Motor Mechanic and Bowman put out in the boarding dinghy to run the Life- boat's engines, and hang out riding lights. As they were rowing out to the moorings a dense fog settled. They missed the...
Watermark Success
Watermark, the Mail Order catalogue of RNLI (Sales), has some exciting news - the winner of its Christmas crossword competition and the company's record breaking sales last year.
The winner of the competition, Mrs... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Evett Sailwear Ltd
We invite you to inspect our FOUL WEATHER GARMENTS made for discriminating Yachtsmen and Nautical Organisations, at the LONDON BOAT SHOW STAND No. WH.23 EVETT SAILWEAR LTD.
TIMBER HALL WORKS THE SQUARE CATERHAM, SURREY, CR3...
Category: Advertisement
Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Its Object and Work
(Supported solely l y Voluntary Contributions.) ITS OBJECT AND WORK.
The work of the Institution mainly consists of— 1. Building, equipping and maintaining Life-boats, transporting carriages, boathouses and slipways...
Category: Articles
Death of a Famous Coxswain
COXSWAIN JOHN T. SWAN, of Lowes- toft, one of the most distinguished of English life-boatmen, died on 20th February, at the age of eighty-three.
He was coxswain of the Lowestoft life-boat from 1911 to 1924, when he retired...
Category: Obituaries
The Latvian Steamer Taut Mila
JANUARY 29TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, AND CROMER, NORFOLK.
News was received at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston that an open boat containing sixteen survivors from the Latvian steamer Taut Mila, which had been damaged...
Photographic Competition
THE photographic competition announ- ced in the December, 1962, LIFE-BOAT has not been as successful as in previous years and it has been decided to extend the period to the 3151 October, 1964.
The competition is open to...
Category: Articles
Kenfine, of Dover
Dover, Kent - At 1.47 p.m. on I2th July, 1966, the harbour control station informed the honorary secretary that an auxiliary motor yacht was dismasted and in difficulties about one mile and a half south of the breakwater. Her engine had...