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...
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"The Merchant Shipping Bill of 1869."
In the year 1854 the various Acts of Parliament relating to Merchant Ship- ping and Navigation which, from time to time from the reign of Queen Elizabeth, had been enacted, were, for the most part, repealed and consolidated in a new Act...
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Drawing to a Close
A total of £312, 228 has been raised so far from the 1990 promotion in conjunction with Volvo Concessionaires Ltd.
Eight Volvo 340 cars were offered as prizes in raffles throughout the various fund raising regions. The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
SERVICES OF THE LIFE-BOATS OF THE NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
LLANELLY, SOUTH Witis—On the 7 January, 1867, intelligence was received here that a vessel was amongst the breakers on the Towyn Sands with signals of...
Category: Services
Elizabeth Miller, of Thurso and Matilda Calder
On the 26th February this life-boat also went to the assistance of the schooners Elizabeth Miller, of Thurso, and Matilda Colder, of Findhorn, which were in distress during a heavy gale. The crews, consisting of 12 men, were brought ashore...
In a Whole Gale
The Mary Scott, on temporary duty at Dover, going out on January 1st, 1949, to the help of a pilot boat. - View image in PDF
From a painting by Mr, A. Whiting, a member of the crw.. - View image in PDF
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The Register of Wrecks for 1863
THE Return of the Registrar-general of Seamen, recently published, shows that during the past year 413,972 vessels—representing a tonnage of nearly 62 millions— entered inwards and cleared outwards from British ports. The estimated value of...
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A New Type of Motor Life-Boat
AT the end of last year we began building the first of a new type of Motor Life-boat.
She will be by far the largest and most powerful Motor Life-boat in the Instituincreased tion's Fleet, and will, in fact, be the...
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Clyde, of Yarmouth
On the 16th Jan.,1867, the services of this life-boat were again called into requisition.
The schooner Clyde, of Yarmouth, was ob- served making for the shore, and with signals of distress flying, the wind blowing at the...
Queen of the Fleet
Oa the 3rd October this Life-boat put off, during a fresh breeze from the N."W., and brought safely ashore from Puma Island 6 persons belonging to the barque Queen of the Fleet, bound from Carnarvon to Liverpool, which had stranded on...