LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Empress of the French
BUT a few days since the British public were startled by the intelligence that the Empress of the French and her royal son, the Prince Imperial, had nearly lost their lives by drowning, on the coast of France.
We will...
Category: Articles
The Life-Belt In Use By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life-belt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, and to enable him to support another person besides...
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Presentation of a Gold Medal
THE Gold Medal of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, which is a much- coveted distinction, only bestowed for deeds of exceptional valour, was awarded in April to the REVEREND JOHN M. O'SHEA, parish priest of Ardmore, Co. Waterford...
Category: Medals
Phillis and Mary, of Blyth
At daylight on the 12th September the brig Phillis and Mary, of Blyth, which had been dismasted during a fearful hurricane the previous night, was observed, with signals of distress flying, off this coast. The life- boats stationed at...
Dismissal of a Life-Boat Crew
IT will be remembered by our Readers that on I the 25th November last the crew of the East- bourne Life-boat performed a very meritorious service. We are alluding to the rescue, under exceptionally trying circumstances, of the crew...
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John C Wade of Newry
On the- 29th April, the schooner John 0. Wade, of Newry, was stranded off Troon Harbour, N.B. It was blowing a heavy N.W. gale at the time.
The Glasgow Workmen's life-boat put off, and, after some difficulty, succeeded...
New Ways of Raising Money
RIDLEY HOUSE, Felixstowe College, whose interest in the Life-boat Service is so great that it has formed a Ladies' Life-boat Guild within the House, has staged two competitions for the benefit of the Service. One is a general know- ledge...
Category: Donations
The S.S. Alice of Bremen
Moelfre, Anglesey.—At eight o'clock on the morning of the 10th of February, 1953, the Holy head coastguard tele- phoned that the S.S. Alice of Bremen, which had broken down and had been towed to Moelfre Bay by a pilot boat, was dragging...
The S.S. Konstan, of Bilbao
Baltimore, Co. Cork.—llth February.
The s.s. Konstan, of Bilbao, had been reported to be in distress, but was able to go on her way to Dublin.—Rewards, £15 Os. Qd..
The Story of a Goose
ON Sunday morning, 8th February, the Ramsey Life-boat went out to a ketch which was seen to be flying signals of distress a little way outside the harbour.
A strong breeze was blowing, but the sea was smooth and the...
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