LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Pile-Driver
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 7.20 P.M. on the 5th July, 1939, the coastguard reported two men were in danger on a pile-driver at Milford-on-Sea. A moderate squally S.S.\V. gale was blowing, with a rough breaking sea.
The...
Royal Commission on Unseaworthy Ships. Final Report
IN our last number we commented on the j first portion of this important Report, comprising the clauses on "Overloading and Load Line," "Deck Loads," "Grain j Cargoes," and "Survey of British Merchant Ships...
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The Duchess of Kent at the Depot
The Duchess of Kent at The Depot. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Right: the Crew Out on the Lough
Right: The crew out on the lough Picture: Colin Watson. - View image in PDF
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Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
EEDCAB.—The Life-boat Brothers was launched for exercise at 2.15 P.M. on the 23rd June, 1892, in a moderate gale from the N. by E. and a rough sea, and, while under sail, the coble Wild Hose, of Eedcar, was seen, about two miles to leeward,...
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The Day After the Wreck of the Alba
The Day After The Wreck of the Alba. - View image in PDF
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The Wexford Crew at the Time of the Fethard Disaster
The Wexford Crew at The Time of the Fethard Disaster. - View image in PDF
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Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
NORTH DEAL.—Signal rockets and guns having been fired by the Gull Light-vessel on the 4th January, the Life-boat Mary Somerville was launched at about 6.15 P.M., and proceeded towards the Goodwin Sands. The wind was blowing moderately from...
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The Fourth Part of the World
The Fourth Part of the World
By Toby Lester
Review by Peter Bradley
In ancient times the Earth, placed at the centre of the cosmos, was known to have three parts: Asia, Europe and Africa....
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
Thursday, 3rd December, 1863. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.K.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
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