LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Eldon Park
FEBRUARY 7TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. At 1.27 A.M. the coastguard at The Mumbles telephoned that.
a vessel was ashore at Port Eynon and was burning distress signals. A strong S.E.
breeze was blowing...
The S.S. Suffolk, of London
LlZARD AND CADGWITH. The S.S. Suffolk, of London, 2,900 tons, bound from Baltimore for London, with a cargo of flour, tobacco, &c., and having a large number of cattle on board, struck the rocks at the Lizard Head during a dense fog at 4...
Lucie Antoinette, of Nantes
On tho morning of the 16th March, during a strong gale from the E.S.E., and in a very heavy sea, tho schooner Lucie Antoinette, of Nantes, went on the Good- win Sands. Tho Life-boat Bradford and steamer Vulcan proceeded out to her, and the...
Four Successful Efforts By the Guild. Glasgow Ball and Whist Drive, Belfast Ball, Exeter Theatricals
THE five outstanding efforts made by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild last winter were the Second Annual Life-boat Matinee organised by the Central London Women's Committee last December, of which an account appeared in the last number of...
Category: Articles
Watched By Commander E F Pritchard Jack Sims and George Mobbs at Twickenham Lifeboat Ball the Chairman of the Branch Robert Tough Receives Donation Cheque
Watched by Commander E. F. Pritchard, Jack Sims and George Mobbs at Twickenham lifeboat ball, the chairman of the branch, Robert Tough, receives donation cheques from representatives of the Scout Association (Mr Stevens, £850), the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
1826 Plan of Douglas Bay and Harbour Clearly Shows Hazardous Rocks Improvements to Harbour Works Running Out from Douglas Head and St.Mary's Rock Propose
1826 Plan of Douglas Bay and Harbour clearly shows hazardous rocks. Improvements to harbour works, running out from Douglas Head and St Mary's Rock, proposed by Sir William Hillary, are hatched.
by courtesy of the Manx...
Category: Charts
A Little-Known Work By Sir William Hillary. Plan for a Steam Life-Boat
No doubt most readers of The Lifeboat possess a copy of Britain's Life-boats, by Major A. J. Dawson. They will find in Appendix A in that book a list of the works of Sir William Hillary, whose Appeal to the British Nation, published in...
Category: Articles
Life-Boats for the Port of London
THE following letter has been addressed to some of the Metropolitan Daily and Weekly Papers, on behalf of an object which is de- serving of every support from the Citizens of London:— " Sir,—I am directed by the Committee of the...
Category: Articles
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.
Longhope, Orkney, and Thurso, Caith- ness-shire.—The Longhope motor life- boat Thomas McCunn was launched at 11.30...
Category: Services
Rescue In Thick Fog Off the Orkneys
THE first news that the steam trawler Leicester City, of Grimsby, was in dis- tress to reach a life-boat station came in the form of a message from the Wick coastguard to the Thurso, Caithness-shire, honorary...
Category: Services