LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Ship’s Boat (1)
JULY 19TH. - ARRANMORE, CO.DONEGAL. At about noon a man reported a ship’s boat drifting off the island. The weather was moderate with a S.W. wind.
At 8 P.M. the motor life-boat K.T.J.S. was launched, and found the boat...
An Aeroplane (80)
MAY 11TH. - BLACKPOOL, AND LYTHAM - ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE.
A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea off South Shore, Blackpool, but later it was found that she had made a landing on the Southport side of the...
An Aeroplane (95)
JUNE 21ST. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, AND WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. A British fighter aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the pilot was rescued by a barge.
In addition to the two life-boats the motor boarding boat from...
Lifeboat Transporting Carriage. (With Tipping's Wheelplates.)
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...
Category: Articles
Major Sir Maurice Cameron, K.C.M.G.
By the death on 16th May, at the age of eighty, of Major Sir Maurice Cameron, K.C.M.G., a vice-president of the Institution, the committee of manage- ment have lost one of their most valued and active members. After a dis- tinguished career,...
Category: Obituaries
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Tow the goat ashore! Tiffany, Timothy, Chocolate Drop, Snuffles and Gem were five goats who had got quite used to their lonely existence on the isle of Inchkeith in the Forth estuary.
When the Allandale Animal Sanctuary...
Open House!
The weather couldn't have been more perfect when the Inshore Lifeboat Centre at Cowes opened its doors to the public on 31 July and 1 August! The Open Days, celebrating the ILC's 25th birthday and the 20th anniversary of the Atlantic...
Category: Articles
Fishing Boats (1)
EXMOUTH—On the 20th May, at 12.30 P.M., a fishing-boat was observed in distress outside the bar, a strong S.W. gale having sprung up suddenly accompanied by a heavy sea. The Life-boat Joseph Somes was immediately launched, but before she...
Nellie
On the 14th March the barge Nellie, of Appledore, was returning home from Meadow Ridge, empty, when her mainsail was carried away by the strong southerly gale that was blowing. A very heavy sea was running, and it was...
A Silent Appeal
A NOVEL form of appeal was tried in Norwich this year. In place of a life-boat flag day, a silent appeal was made. There were no collectors.
Instead twenty-six large life-boat col- lecting boxes, hung on davits, were placed...
Category: Donations