LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Change of Address
FROM 1st June, 1931, the address of the Institution is— Life-boat House, 42, Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W. 1 (Close to Victoria Station).
As already announced in the last issue of The Lifeboat, the Headquarters at...
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Register of Shipwrecks
REGISTER OF SHIPWRECKS ON THE COASTS
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The Baby of the Fleet 25 Years on By Heather Deane Deputy Public Relations Officer
TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND LAUNCHES—an average of 1,000 a year and the lives of nearly 11,000 men, women and children saved. This is the proud record of the 16ft (4.88m) D class inflatable lifeboat, preparing to celebrate her silver jubilee in...
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Armana, of Sunderland
On the 20th February, 1865, the Blake- ney life-boat again went out, and rescued the crew of 13 men from the barque Arnfino,, of Sunderland, which was totally wrecked, during thick weather, about 3 miles east of Blakeney Harbour. The...
Dunkerquoise, of Dunkirk
The Bradford life-boat at Ramsgate, under the management of the Board of Trade, and two Broadstairs life-boats not belonging to the Institution, assisted to get the schooner Dunkerquoise, of Dunkirk, off the North Sand Head. She was, however...
Memoir of the Late Rear-Adml. Washington, F.R.S.
BY RICHARD LEWIS, ESQ., BARRISTER-AT-LAW.
IT is with deep regret we record the death of REAR-ADMIRAL WASHINGTON, Hydrographer of the Admiralty. He died at Havre, on the 16th September last, after a painful illness of...
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The Steamship Tripoli, of Glasgow
Pour days afterwards the Life-boat was again called out on service, when the steamship Tripoli, of Glasgow, went oa the Tuskar Shoal, while the mad was blowing strongly from the North. The Wexford No. 2, and Camsore Life-boats both put off,...
Sunningdale, of Grimsby
At 11.10 p.m. on 30th April, 1967, the owner of the trawler Sunningdale of Grimsby informed the coxswain that the vessel had run short of fuel and required assistance. The vessel was at anchor eight miles south south east of Spurn...
Francis Mary, of Inverkeithing
The same life-boat also performed a noble service on the 2nd December, in saving at great risk the crew, consisting of 3 men, of the sloop Frances Mary, of Inverkeithing, which vessel became a total wreck on the Eedcar Eocks during a strong...
Shamrock, of Wexford
On the 9th April the same life-boat again put off to the smack Shamrock, of Wexford, which was totally wrecked during a very strong easterly wind on the north end of the Dogger Bank. The life-boat was placed as near as possible, and the crew...