LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mafeking and a Fishing Smack
AT ten o'clock on the night of 18th October two vessels were seen to be aground and showing signals of distress on the sandbanks, in the mouth of the Humber, known as The Binks, and the Spurn Motor Life-boat was launched. A strong wind...
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To WILLIAM J. BAKER, on his retirement, after serving for 25J years as coxswain of the Padstow life-boat, a coxswain's certificate •of service and an annuity.
To JAMES TAIT, on his retirement, after serving for 15f...
Category: Awards
Three Fine Services By the Humber Life-Boat. 102 Lives Rescued In Five Weeks
IN the course of five weeks of the war, from 10th October to 14th November, 1939, the motor life-boat at the Humber was out on service ten times and rescued 102 lives. For three of these services Coxswain Robert Cross was awarded a clasp to...
Category: Services
Centenaries In the North-West
Two life-boat stations in the north- west, Barrow and Blackpool, cele- brated their centenaries in April and June.
It was commercial travellers who raised money for the first 36-foot sail- ing life-boat to be stationed...
Category: Articles
Tijl Uilenspiegel (1)
Six lifeboats in search for missing Belgian trawler The new Tyne class lifeboat at Douglas, Isle of Man, had a testing time during her first service, in a search for a missing Belgian trawler which lasted for 11 hours in Force 7 winds and...
First Knight
The Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum has been awarded to Paul Gilson, helmsman of the Southend lifeboat, following the rescue of two people from the yacht First Knight in appalling weather conditions.
At 1351...
Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society
THE Thirty-first Annual Meeting of this national charity, incorporated by Act of Parliament, and supported by voluntary contributions, to assist destitute persons cast away upon our coasts, was held on the 25th May last at Burdett Hall, Lime...
Category: Meetings
The Late Sir Edward Birkbeck, Bart., K.C.V.O.
THE subscribers and friends of the | At the meeting of the Committee of ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION- Management next following the death will have heard with great regret of Sir Edward Birkbeck, held on the that Sir Edward Birkbeck,...
Category: Obituaries
Self-Devotedness of Sailors
SELF-DEVOTEDNESS OF SAILORS.
THERE is no part of the task which in con- ducting this publication we have imposed on ourselves, from which we anticipate more satisfaction than the relation of acts of self- ilevotion and...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 8th February, 1934.
Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.
Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— £ s. d.
Donation from the executors of the late Mr...
Category: Committee