LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, April 14th, 1932.
Sir GODFKEY BARING, Bt., in the chair.
Reported the death of Sir William Priestley, President of the Bradford Branch, and a Vice- President of the Institution since 1926, and...
Category: Committee
American Honour for the Life-Boat Men of North Deal
IN recognition of their service to the American steamship Piave, the Presi- dent of the United States has presented a gold watch to Coxswain. William Adams, and a Gold Medal to each of the fourteen members of the crew of the Charles Dibdin....
Category: Awards
Marie, of Griefswald
The Baroness Windsor life-boat at Penarth rescued the crew of 11 men of the brig Marie, of Grieffswald, which had stranded on Ranie Spit.
Jubilee, of Preston
Three days afterwards the same Life- boat was also the means of rescuing the crew of 4 men from the schooner Jubilee, of Preston, which, during foggy weather, stranded on the north end of the Horse Bank. When the crew were brought ashore by...
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
ABERSOCH, CAERNARVONSHIRE. — While the wind was blowing, with the force of a whole gale to a storm, from W.N.W. to N.W., with terrific squalls and a very heavy sea, on the 12th Jan. last, signals of distress were exhibited by the schooner...
Category: Services
St Bannock, of Bideford
The Oxfordshire life-boat at Looe re- mained alongside the schooner St. Brannoch, of Bideford, which vessel had stranded near Maymean, near Looe Island. Ulti- mately the vessel was got off and taken into harbour, the life-boat assisting on...
Telegraph, of Sunderland
On the 8th February, this valuable life-boat went off again, and rendered the following very gallant service. The sloop Telegraph, of Sunderland, bound to London, with a cargo of bottles, was riding in Yar- mouth Roads, when she parted from...
General Council of the Ladies' Life-Boat Guild
H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, and H.R.H. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, attend the First Meeting.
THE first meeting of the General Council of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild was held on 23rd November last at Hampden...
Category: Meetings
A Dandy Rigged Fishing Boat Star of Hope
On the 13th October, the No. 1 Lifeboat Edward BirTsbeck put off at 6 A.M., during a moderate to strong gale from the N,, and a heavy sea, a vessel having been observed ashore about two miles N.of Winterton. On reaching the vessel she was...
The S.S. Empire Castle, of Belfast
MAY 3RD. - WALMER, KENT. At 1.30 in the morning a doctor was needed on board the S.S. Empire Castle, of Belfast. A moderate north-easterly gale was blowing and the sea was rough. It was too rough for any shoreboat to put out, and at two...