LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Universal Code of Instructions for the Management of the Mortar and Rocket Life Apparatus
DURING the last few years the Committee of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION have had many opportunities for observing the great need that existed for the adoption of a uniform system of management of the mortar and rocket apparatus, and...
Category: Articles
Collisions at Sea. The Loss of the Princess Alice
THE year 1878 will long be remembered by the inhabitants of London as the year in which the passenger steamer Princess Alice was sunk in the Thames by collision with the Bywell Castle, with the loss of more than 600 persons, out of about 850...
Category: Articles
News from the Branches. 1st November, 1939 to 31st January, 1940
Central and Outer London.
BEXLEY HEATH.—Rummage sale, whist drive, and dance, attended by the Mayor and Mayoress, all arranged by the Ladies' Lifeboat Guild. The Guild has adopted the lifeboat crew at the Dungeness...
Category: Branches
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 10th January, 1889.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., "V.V., in the Chair.
Bead and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Finance and...
Category: Committee
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 18th April, 1901.
Sir EDWARD BIRKECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Read letter from His Majesty's Principal...
Category: Committee
Union Crystal (1)
Union Crystal sinks JUST BEFORE 1915 on Wednesday, November 16, 1977, the honorary secretaries of both Sennen Cove and St Ives lifeboat stations were informed by Lands End Coastguard that the 499-ton coaster Union Crystal was in trouble 12...
Notes of the Quarter
THE sad story of the acting Selsey coxswain, Douglas Arnell, who was obliged to relinquish his post because of colour blindness, was widely reported in the press earlier this year. It may therefore be helpful to explain the RNLI's...
Category: Articles
Meetings of the Committee
Thursday, 2nd April, 1857. His Grace the PRESIDENT in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance, Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees.
Read...
Category: Committee
Lifeboats In Action
THE LIFEBOAT Anjn class lifeboat OM-1150 Hibtrntt Built 1989 Cost £600.000 Funding A very generous donation from the Irish Sailor* and Soldier* L*nd Truft. which also provided funding toward* th« running of lifeboat* in Ireland THE...
Category: Services
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
PETERHEAD, SCOTLAND.—The People's Journal No. 1 Life-boat was launched at noon on the 5th of January, 1886, some of the boats engaged in the haddock fishery having been overtaken by a strong gale of wind from the N.E. and. a heavy sea....
Category: Services