LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Eliza, of Sunderland, and Firm, of London,
KESSINGLAND.—On the 22nd December, the schooner Eliza, of Sunderland, and the sloop Firm, of London, were observed showing signals of distress on Benacre Point. The No. 2 Life-boat, the Grace and Lolly, of Broad Oak, was promptly launched,...
Rescue of Life By Swimming, and Experiments Thereon
RESCUE OF LIFE BY SWIMMING, AND EXPERIMENTS THEREON.
THE accompanying Paper is translated from some interesting remarks published, under authority, by M. FERRAND, druggist and Member of the Lyons Board of Health. He...
Category: Articles
Wimpie and the Barges Glenrosa, Maid of Munster and Audrey
Southend-on-Sea, and Walton and Frinton, Essex.—On 2nd June, 1938, in a whole gale the Southend-on-Sea motor life-boat Greater London (Civil Service No. 3), rescued two men from the yacht Wimpie, of Southampton, and three men from the barge...
Mary Grace, of Whitstable
Again, on the 5th Nov., the schooner Mary Grace, of Whitstable, went on the South Cross Sand, during a strong wind from the S.W. and in a heavy sea. As the tide made, the sea broke over her, and she filled with water. The large Life- boat...
Presentation By Rear- Admiral Sir Edmund Irving a Vice-President of the Institution to Littlestoneon- Seu Ilb Crew of a Telescope Paid for By the Romney Marsh Ladies'
Presentation by Rear- Admiral Sir Edmund Irving, a vice-president of the Institution, to Littlestoneon- Seu ILB crew of a telescope paid for by the Romney Marsh ladies' darts league (see right). The league cup for 1977/78 was won by the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dagmar, of Middlesborough
Early on the morning of the 17th June, signals of distress were observed from the yacht Dagmar, of Middlesborough, lying in the Roads off Redcar, in which she had taken refuge the previous evening. It was blowing fresh from the north, and...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 10th February, 1938.
Sir GODFREY BAKING, Bt., in the chair.
Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— £ s. d.
Anonymous .... 500 0 0...
Category: Committee
A New Type of Life-Boat.
Construction b*gan last December1 on the first of a. new type of motor life-bo and three mere of the type have been laid down since. They are a development of tfl powerful Watson cabin type af life-boat. 46 feet long and driven by two 40...
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A Ship Annie E Hooper, of Baltimore U.S
On the 20th October the Lytham life-boat again rendered a very important service. The American ship Annie E. Hooper, of Balti- more, U.S., 1,140 tons burden, with a crew of 18 men, and a cargo of wheat, flour, and tobacco, stranded on the...
Marriage of the Secretary of the Institution
A marriage has been arranged, and will take place on 28th July, between George F. Shee, second son of the late Richard Jenery Shee, of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law, and Mrs. Shee, and Helen Dorothea, younger daughter of the Rev. T....
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