LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
THE CREW Helmsman: Adrian 'AD' Trower (35, self-employed roofer, 8 years on crew)
THE CREW Helmsman: Adrian 'AD'Trower (35, self-employed roofer, 8 years on crew) Crew Members: Duncan Stewart (41, caf£ manager in summer, groundworker and doorman in winter, 14 years on crew); Craig Akid (27, butcher, newly... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Great Seaman
THE life of Sir Henry Oliver, most appropriately called A Great Seaman and written by Sir William James (H. F. and G. Witherby, 18,9.), is a fascinating book, full of anecdotes of an adventurous career, mostly taken from his own notes and...
Category: Articles
Coxswain James Bumble
Coxswain James Bumble of Sheringham, who also held the bronze medal for gallantry, died on the 5th of June, 1958. The service for which he was awarded his medal was carried out during the last war. The Canadian steamer Eaglescliffe Hall had...
Category: Obituaries
Life-Boat Saturday Fund
ALL through the current year the cry of "bad business" and "no business" has been resounding through| the land, north, south, east and west, and the general depression, which seems to have settled upon us, might...
Category: Articles
Aegis Insurances Services (Group) Ltd
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Category: Advertisement
Andromeda
During a strong breeze from the S.S.E., a thick fog, and a heavy sea, on the 15th March, signal guns were heard in the direction of the Middle Cross Sand Lightship.
The Caister No. 1 Life-boat Covent Garden was launched at...
Gibralta
At 10 p.m. on 2ist August, 1966, a vessel was seen flashing a light about a quarter of a mile east of Kings Scar. There was a moderate north east by easterly breeze with a choppy sea. It was one hour after low water. The life-boat Ann...
The Safety Fishing-Boat of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The accompanying figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, aircompartments, shifting-coamings, and hatches of one of the safety boats, 40 feet in length and 14 feet in breadth.
In figs. 1 and 2, the...
Category: Articles
Correspondence
The Editor, the Life-boat.
Dear Sir, On reading the March issue of the Journal of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution I was perfectly thrilled with your article on the fiftieth anniversary in the history of...
Category: Correspondence
Emilie, of Swinemunde
Again on the 27th October were the noble life-boat Bradford, and her consort, the steamer Aid, taken out on their mission of mercy. This time it was in response to signals of distress from the barque Emilie, of Swinemunde, which had drifted...