LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
H.M.S. Fossbeck
SEPTEMBER 2ND. - WALMER, KENT. A leading seaman on H.M.S. Fossbeck had his skull fractured when a bucket of ashes fell on him, and at six in the morning the motor life-boat Langham, on temporary duty at the station, was launched, with a...
Lady Harrison's Gift
THE naming ceremony of a motor life-boat at Port St. Mary, Isle of Man, took place on 25th June. The life-boat is a gift from Lady Harrison in memory of her late husband, Sir Heath Harrison, Bt., the shipowner, of Cheshire and Hampshire, who...
Category: Donations
A Remarkable Life-Boat Launch
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 120 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 56 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to September 30th, 1933 .... 63,450 A Remarkable Life-boat...
Category: Articles
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Category: Advertisement
Frederick, of Dunblin
On the 22nd August, the barque Frederick, of Dublin, drove <5n the bar off Dundalk; there was only one man on board, who had been left in charge. On the 13th Sept., the weather being squally and a heavy sea on, the Dundalk life-boat...
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COASTGUARDSMAN LOWERED TO MAN AFTER CLIFF FALL Sennen Cove, Cornwall. At 7.17 on the evening of the 9th May, 1962, the coastguard told the coxswain that a man was thought to be trapped on the cliffs at Lands End, but that he could not be...
(Below) Visiting Lifeboats Were Moored In Scheveningen In Foreground (I to R) Lifeboats from the Netherlands France and Poland
(Below) Visiting lifeboats were moored in Scheveningen. In foreground (I. to r.) lifeboats from the Netherlands, France and Poland.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Below) Dr Margaret Shimmin Honorary Medical Adviser With (I) Coxswain Kenneth Henry and (R) Second Coxswain William Anderson
(Below) Dr Margaret Shimmin, honorary medical adviser, with (I.) Coxswain Kenneth Henry and (r.) Second Coxswain William Anderson. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Aberdeen Journals. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sir William Hillary Founder of the Rnli and Triple Gold-Medallist Himself Saved More Than 300 People from Drowning
Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLl and triple gold-medallist, himself saved more than 300 people from drowning..
Category: Drawings
The New Barry Dock Life-Boat Arthur and Blanche Harris Circling the Harbour After the Naming Ceremony.
The new Barry Dock life-boat Arthur and Blanche Harris circling the harbour after the naming ceremony.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs