LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Whitby Museum In the Old Lifeboat House: at the Souvenir Stand Are (l) Eric Thomson Founder of the Museum and His Main Helper Ex- Motor Mechanic William Drvden
Whitby museum, in the old lifeboat house: At the souvenir stand are (/.) Eric Thomson, founder of the museum, and his main lie/per, e. Motor Mechanic William Drvden.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Three-Masted Schooners Queen of Mistley and Willim
BROUGHTY FERRY.—A telegram having been received stating that two vessels appeared to be embayed at the mouth of the Tay and were in danger of being driven on the banks, on which a terrific sea was breaking, during a very strong gale from the...
After Cracking Their Way Through L'/2 Inches of Ice Members of the Dolphin Sub Aqua Club In Cirencester
After cracking their way through l'/2 inches of ice, members of the Dolphin Sub Aqua Club in Cirencester took part in a sponsored dive at South Cerney Lakes on Boxing Day in 1981. Eight divers took part and as a result £202.50 was... - View image in PDF
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When In February a Coach Bringing a Visiting Football Team and Supporters to Buckingham Was Swept Downstream from a Ford Across the River Swollen By Heavy Rain
When, in February, a coach bringing a visiting football team and supporters to Buckingham was swept downstream from a ford across the river, swollen by heavy rain, Peter Steers, landlord of the Woolpack, did some quick thinking. While... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Wreck Register and Chart for the First Six Months of 1873
FOR many years past we have made a synopsis of the Home Wreck Register and Chart of the preceding twelve months, and we propose to follow, on the present occasion, the same course in reference to I the important and national document : which...
Category: Articles
Annual Report
The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, was held at Willis's Booms, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, the 17th day of March 1881. In the absence of His Grace THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, P.O...
Category: Annual Reports
Empire Alfred and Yardcraft 345
DECEMBER 17TH. - TORBAY, DEVON.
Shortly after midnight on the 16th of December the Paignton police telephoned that a ship was ashore at Hollacombe Point, near the Torquay and Paignton Gas Works. A later message said that...
Or a Trestle Table at An Open Air Event at Swanage (Below), RNLI
a trestle table at an open air event at Swanage (below), RNLI (Sales/ services them all. - View image in PDF
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Quo Vadis
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 2.15 in the morning of the 17th of November, 1948, the pier head coastguard reported that the S.S. Nordic Queen was ap- proaching Southend and wanted to land ten survivors whom she had picked up from the Dutch...
Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
AT the annual meeting of the committee of this fund, held on the 16th. January last, and presided over by Mr. CHARLES G. TURNER, Controller-General of Inland Revenue, Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, the honorary secretary, reported that during the past...
Category: Meetings