LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Use of Oil at Sea. By Lieut. John P. Holditch, R.N.R.
IN April, 1883, the ship I commanded was homeward bound from Australia to Cork, for orders; we were just off New Zealand, about the worst place "for wind till you come to Cape Horn on the passage.
A heavy N.W. gale...
Category: Articles
Moelfre: H L C Greig Chairman of H Clarkson (Holdings) Ltd Strikes Out the Pin to Launch the 37Ft 6In Rather Horace Clarkson
Moelfre: H. L. C. Greig, chairman of H. - View image in PDF
Clarkson (Holdings) Ltd, strikes out the pin to launch the 37ft 6in Rather Horace Clarkson.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Merchant Shipping Act (Conclusion)
IN our further observations on the Merchant Shipping Act, we come to the consideration of those parts of it which have more immediately to do with the Preservation of Life from, or AFTER Shipwreck, or other casualty at sea. An object which,...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (86)
NOVEMBER 15TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found.
- Rewards, £10 2s. 6d..
An International Life-Boat Organization
AT the International Life-boat Con- ference the proposal was made by Count Yoshii, President of the Imperial Japanese Life-boat Society, that steps should be taken to form an International Life-boat Organization.
COUNT...
Category: Meetings
Annual Report
AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Tuesday the 14th of March, 1865, His Grace the DUKE OF ARGYLL, K.T., P.O., V.P., in the Chair, the following Report of the Committee was...
Category: Annual Reports
Past and Present
75 years ago From the pages of THE LIFEBOAT May 1916 Life-boat crews on the Yorkshire Coast From time immemorial it has been the custom of the Life-boat Service not to maintain fixed crews for Lifeboats, but to draw volunteers as required...
Category: Articles
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St Agnes Senior Helmsman Gavin Forehead was expecting a routine exercise when he launched with his crew on 16 October 2005 but when they returned just over an hour later, they had saved two livesGavin, Helmsman Rory Bushe, Crew Member James...
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SEPTEMBER 25TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE, AND PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE. An Anson aeroplane had been reported down, north of St. Patrick’s Causeway, but a search by the life-boats, aeroplanes, and an R.A.F. boat was without result. and...
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SEPTEMBER 10TH. - KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD. Rockets had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £21 5s..