LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Point Girl
AUGUST 23RD. - BALLYCOTTON, CO.
CORK. At 8.45 P.M. a message was received that a flare had been seen a mile S.W. of Ballycotton Light. A moderate N. wind was blowing with a slight sea. At 9 P.M. the motor life-boat Mary...
Life-Saving and the United States Coast Guard
MARITIME safety in the United States took a giant step forward on the 28th of January, 1915, when two historic agencies, the Revenue Cutter Service and the Lifesaving Service, were merged into a single organization known as the United States...
Category: Articles
Brian Potts (I) Who Came Ashore In 1976 After 16 Years at Sea As An Engineer Officer In the Merchant Navy Presents a Painting to Eastbourne Lifeboat Museum It Wa
Brian Potts (I.), who came ashore in 1976 after 16 years at sea as an engineer officer in the Merchant Navy, presents a painting to Eastbourne Lifeboat Museum. It was accepted by Alderman Cecil Baker c.), station honorary secretary, and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Our Heroes
"Tis a terrible night, and the seas run mountains high, The wind is howling fiercely, with a dark and sullen sky; Eyes are aching and blinded with the driving sleet and rain, And thoughts turn to those who are going out, who may never...
Category: Poetry
A Vessel (16)
DECEMBER 31ST. - BALLYCOTTON, CO.
CORK. Signals of distress had been made by a vessel, but before the life-boat reached her she signalled again that she did not need help and the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £13...
News
Your guide to what's been going on in the world of the RNLI
Birthday Honours for RNLI three
Three volunteers who have given decades of service to the RNLI were recognised with MBEs in the Queen’s...
Category: Articles
Special Trust Funds Income Account, 1903
SPECIAL TRUST FUNDS To TRANSFERS TO INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT (see p. 35) £. s. d. £. i. d.
Blake Life-boat Maintenance Fund 38 13 2 Dunnett Widows and Orphans Fund 128 11 11 Reardon Samaritan Fund...
Category: Accounts
MAYDAY 2017
DO YOUR BIT FUND OUR KIT
Mayday is the RNLI's biggest fundraising campaign of the year.
Our crew members don't do anything by halves; when the call comes, they drop everything to save lives. But...
Category: Articles
William Osborne Ltd.
Own an Osborne 'KINGS WIFT 26' KING SIZE 4 BERTH CRUISER GRP in excess of Lloyds requirements Traditional yacht superstructure and deck Length 26 ft. Beam 9 ft. 10 in. Draft 2 ft.] Complete craft ready for sea from £3875 or we...
Category: Advertisement
New Equipment—From the Boat Show
FROM THE BOAT SHOW • Very encouraging it was, at a Boat Show just managing to weather a fuel crisis, to find on display a means of generating power relying on neither oil nor coal. Lucas/C.A.V. Marine were showing a solar battery charger for...
Category: Articles