LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Betty and Louis, of Hamburg
On the 24th October, 1868, the barque Betty and Louise, of Hamburg, was stranded during a strong gale on the Cruivie Bank, near Buddon Ness. The Mary Hartley life- boat was quickly manned and launched, and succeeded, after some difficulty,...
Robert and Henry
The Life-boat Harriott Forteath was also launched at about 6.30 A.M., on the 20th August, and rescued the crew, consisting of three men, from the fishing coble Robert and Henry, of Whitby, which had stranded on the beach during- a fresh...
Albert Wilhelm
HAYLE.—The brig Albert Wilhelm, of Barth, Germany, bound from the Isle of Man for Fowey, in ballast, bore up into St. Ives Bay, on the 17th October, during a strong gale from the N.N.W.
and a heavy sea, became embayed,...
Ben Macdui
Rockets were fired from the Wold Lightship, and the Cockle Light afterwards fired guns and rockets, during a light N.N.W. breeze on the night of the 16th December. At 10 o'clock the Caister No. 1 Life-boat, Covent Garden, was launched...
Mexico
LYTHAM.—On the night of the 9th December, signals of distress having been Been, the Life-boat, Charles Biggs, was launched at 10 o'clock, and proceeded under sails and oars some distance to windward; she was then taken under oars across...
Adjutor, of Stavanger
ARBROATH.—On the 15th December the Life-boat People's Journal No. 2, aided by a steam-tug, was enabled to save and get into the harbour the Norwegian schooner Adjutor, of Stavanger. There was a strong S. wind and heavy sea at the...
Fishing Vessels
CULLERCOATS.—On the 8th May the Palmerston Life-boat was launched to theaid of several fishing vessels which hadbeen overtaken by a heavy sea, rendering it dangerous for them to cross the bar in returning to port. The boat remainec some time...
An Aeroplane (2)
24th May.
An aeroplane crashed into the sea. A fishing boat picked up the body of the pilot, and the body of the passenger was recovered later.—Rewards, £10 7s.
Anti-Fouling Composition
THE Institution uses on a number of its life-boats which lie afloat the Torpedo Plastik Anti-Fouling Com- position made by British Paints. The name of this composition has been changed to Koplastik Anti-fouling.
The firm...
Category: Articles
New Members of Committee of Management
ME. PHILLIP COLVILLE M.B.E., Mr. E.
M. Cooper-Key, M.P., Mr. Roger Leigh- Wood and Commander A. J. O'Brien Twohig, have been co-opted members of the Committee of Management of the Royal National Life-boat Institu-...
Category: Committee