LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lutha, of Leith
At daylight on the 27th De- cember the brigantine Lutha, of Leith, was observed off "Whitby with loss of masts and sails, and otherwise disabled, and with signals of distress in her rigging.
The Whitby No. 1 life-boat...
Adventures of An Old Life-Boat
IN 1901 the Institution stationed at Queenstown, on the south coast of Ireland, a pulling and sailing life-boat of the Watson type, 43 feet long, 12 feet 6 inches in beam, with a draught of 37f inches. She was named James Stevens No. 20, and...
Category: Articles
Number: a Tug and a Grimsby Fishing Vessel Were In Collision Near Bull Light on the Morning of April 1 Being Informed That There Were People In the Sea Number Lifeboat T
Number: A tug and a Grimsby fishing vessel were in collision near Bull Light on the morning of April 1.
Being informed that there were people in the sea, Number lifeboat, the 46' 9" Watson City of Bradford III,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Retirement of Commander T. Holmes, R.N.
IT is with great regret that we have to announce the retirement, under the age limit, of Commander Thomas Holmes, R.N., the Chief Inspector of Life-boats, on completing twenty-seven years' service, and we feel sure that our regret will...
Category: Articles
The Safety Fishing-Boat of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The accompanying figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, aircompartments, shifting-coamings, and hatches of one of the safety boats, 40 feet in length and 14 feet in breadth.
In figs. 1 and 2, the...
Category: Articles
The Emperor and Empress of France
—The following account is given of a recent interview between Louis NAPOLEON and a man named LEFEORE, who has been instrumental in saving many lives:—-" How long is it, Lefeore, since I decorated you—and how many men have you saved...
Category: Articles
The Heroic Story of the Life-Boat Service
The Heroic Story of the Life-boat Service A book in the series " Pride of Britain" entitled The Heroic Story of the Life-Boat Service, published by Pitkin Pictorials Ltd., tells the story of the Life-boat Service from the...
Category: Advertisement
Memories of a Jersey Crewman
In place of a "Focus" report on a life-boat station we are publishing the following contribution sent to us by a crewman of the Jersey life-boat, who wishes to remain anonymous. The article was received after "Focus on St....
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Services of the World: Japan
By COUNT KOZO YOSHII, President of Teikoku Suinan Kinsaikai (the Imperial Japanese Life-boat Society).[Count Kozo Yoshii represented the Imperial Japanese Life-boat Society at the International Life-boat Conference held in London, in July of...
Category: Articles
Excel, of Dover
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—On the morning of the 13th December the motor vessel Excel, of Dover, left Ramsgate for London. On board were the owner, his two daughters and son. The Excel ran into bad weather, her engine broke down, and she was driven...