LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Janet
The schooner Janet, of Carnarvon, whilst bound from Yarmouth to Portsmouth, with a cargo of wood, stranded on the 10th January on the Holm Sand. The No. 1 Life- joat Kentwell, in tow of a tug, proceeded to her assistance, but just before she...
Portrait on the Cover
The portrait on the cover is of Coxswain John Thomas Lord, of Ramsey, Isle of Man. After serving as bowman of the Ramsey life-boat for nearly three years, he was appointed coxswain in October, 1930..
Category: Articles
From Foreign Societies
Japan.
THE Imperial Japanese Life-saving Institution issued in March of this year a pamphlet, written in English, giving a brief history of the Japanese Life-boat Service since the chief priest of the Kotohira Shrine in the...
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Niki (1)
When an unknown vessel reported sighting the masts of a sinking ship near the South Varne buoy on 27th February, 1971, the Dungeness life-boat was unable to launch immediately owing to low water and spring tides. The Dover life-boat Faithful...
Ilb Launches
ILB launches on service during the months December, 1973, January and February, 1974 Atlantic College, South Glamorgan December 9, February 17 and March 7.
Beaumaris, Gwynedd December 8 and 30.
Broughty...
Category: Services
A Vampire Aircraft
Barry Dock, and The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 1.5 on the after- noon of the 12th of June, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretaries at Barry Dock and The Mumbles that a request had been received from the Sea Rescue Co-...
Provider (1)
COBLE ESCORTED TO SAFETY OF BAY Flamborough, Yorkshire. On the 12th September, 1962, the local fishing coble Provider was out fishing from the north landing when a northerly gale sprang up. The life-boat coxswain went to the landing, and as...
The S.S. Meath, of Dublin, and the Admiralty Examinaion Vessel Manx Lad
AUGUST 16TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
At 7.40 A.M. the coastguard reported that an explosion had occurred on the S.S. Meath, of Dublin, which was entering the harbour for examination. The weather was fine, with a light N.W....
The Hull Is Turned Upright for the First Time Before Being Transported to Osborne's of Littlehampton for Fitting Out
The Hull Is Turned Upright For The First Time Before Being Transported To Osborne's of Littlehampton For Fitting Out. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Chairman of the R.N.L.I., Captain the Honourable V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., Presenting the Gold Medal to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent
The Chairman of the R.N.L.I., Captain the Honourable V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., presenting the gold medal to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, at the reception held at St. James's Palace, London, on 11th July, 1967, to commemorate her... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs