LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Fishing Fleet
The Life - boat Queensbury was launched about 7.30 A.M. on the morning of the 9th June to render assistance to the fishing fleet, which had to return to harbour on account of the weather.
The cobles left for the fishing...
The Sailing Barge Yarana
Margate, Kent.—At 2.15 A.M. on the 15th October, 1939, the coastguard telephoned the coxswain that he believed a vessel was burning flares. The coxswain went to the coastguard lookout and was satisfied that they were distress signals. An...
The Aith Life-Boat the Rankin
The Aith Life-Boat The Rankin. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Duchess of Kent Naming the Tynesider
The Duchess of Kent Naming The Tynesider. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats. Reported to the May, June and July Meetings of the Committee of Management
Reported to the May, June and July Meetings of the Committee of Management.
May Meeting.
Scarborough, Yorkshire. — At 2.15 P.M. on the 1st April the local motor fishing coble B. S. Colling put out to...
Category: Services
The Mine Sweeper Willett
At 4.45 A.M. on the 5th December informa- tion was received that the Sunk Light- vessel was firing signals for assistance to be sent to a vessel which was on the West Rocks. The crew of the Motor Life-boat James Stevens No. 14 were promptly...
Summary of Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 6th June 1878: THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of the Institution, in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspond- ence, and Wreck and...
Category: Committee
Waiting for the Call
The operator at the wireless telegraphy set on the Rosslare Harbour motor life-boat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The King and the Life-Boat Service
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 124 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 48 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to February 14th, 1935 - 63,938 The King and the Life-boat Service.
By...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat
(See Diagrams on next page.) The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of a 34 feet by 7i feet self-righting boat. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view, the shaded part showing that devoted to the...
Category: Articles