LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Yacht (1)
Long tow in difficult conditions for Skegness and Humber lifeboats Skegness and Humber lifeboats were both involved in a long service when conditions became too severe for a classic, 1920s-built motor yacht on a delivery passage from Great...
Mrs. Adam Maitland, of Aberdeen
Mrs. Adam Maitland, who died on 5th October, was the founder of the Aberdeen Ladies' Life-boat Guild, and was chiefly responsible, with Mrs.
D. M. Kilgour, now its president, for making it one of the most successful in...
Category: Obituaries
A Mysterious Gift
ON the balustrade in front of the headquarters of the Institution stands a half model of a life-boat which is also a collecting-box. When the box was opened on the morning of the 18th of April 84 farthings were found in it.
Category: Donations
The Longest Loaf In the World: Coventry Mercia Round Table Giving Effect to An Idea By Tom Commander Was Responsible In 1975 for a New Entry In the Guinness Book Of
The longest loaf in the world: Coventry Mercia Round Table, giving effect to an idea by Tom Commander, was responsible in 1975 for a new entry in the Guinness Book of Records, and for the raising of about £4,000 for the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coventry Businessman Harold Smart's
Coventry businessman Harold Smart's beard has been a double fund raiser for the Institution.
First of all he grew it, under the sponsorship of members of Coventry Rotary Club, during a three-week voyage from Lymington... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
To the Editor
SIR,—As there have been so many changes of late years in all that is connected with sailors and ships, the loss of life at sea is a subject well worth considering during what may be termed the experimental period. The loss is not so great...
Category: Correspondence
Birthday Honours
AMONG those associated with the life- boat service on whom honours were be- stowed in the Birthday Honours list were: G.B.E. Alderman C. J. Harman, Lord Mayor of the City of London, ex officio member of the Committee of Man-...
Category: Awards
The Danish S.S. Niord
CULLERCOATS.—At 8.30 P.M. on the 5th January, the Life-boat Go-operator No.
was launched and proceeded to the assistance of the Danish s.s. Niord, bound from Copenhagen for the Tyne with a general cargo, which had stranded...
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 Life-Boat Service In Ireland
SINCE 1924 Mr. Timothy Healy, the Governor-General of the Irish Free State, has been the Patron of the Irish Free State District of the Institution, and when he accepted the Patronship he issued an earnest appeal to the people of the Free...
Category: Articles