LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The American Tugs L.T.23 and L.T.61
OCTOBER 11TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
At 1.45 in the afternoon the coastguard reported three tugs, with floating cranes in tow, dragging their anchors in St. Ives Bay, and drifting towards the Stones Reef, off Godrevy Point....
Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Grain) Act, 1880
PERHAPS Mr. Plimsoll, in the interest of Saving Life at Sea, has done no more useful thing than pressing on the atten- tion of Parliament the necessity for addi- tional precautions and legal requirements to prevent the shifting of grain and...
Category: Articles
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the November and December, 1938, and January, 1939, Meetings of the Committee of Management
November Meeting.
Whitstable, Kent.—At about 11.30 A.M., on the 2nd October, 1938, the sailing dinghy Wana, of Whitstable, with one man on board, capsized about half a mile off Swale Cliff Rock. A moderate to fresh, squally...
Category: Services
Notes of the Quarter By the Editor
THE YEAR 1974 began in an atmosphere of gloom and anxiety with industry limited to a three-day week and restrictions on lighting recalling wartime blackouts.
The first month of the year was also one in which there were...
Category: Articles
Yarmouth Isle of Wight: During a Visit to the Isle of Wight Last October Hrh the Duchess of Kent
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight: During a visit to the Isle of Wight last October, HRH The Duchess of Kent called at Yarmouth lifeboat station, meeting officials of the branch and of West Wight guild. While being introduced to the crew by Coxswain... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Commercial Shipping: Taking Off the Crew
AT THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL last May the gold medal for outstanding gallantry was presented to Coxswain Michael Scales of St Peter Port, Guernsey, and the silver medal to Coxswain/Mechanic Alexander ' Alastair' Gilchrist of...
Category: Articles
At the Earls Court European Offshore Petroleum Exhibition Last October Hrh the Duke of Kent President of the Rnli Discusses With Leverton Engine Divisional Ma
At the Earls Court, European Offshore Petroleum Exhibition last October, HRH The Duke of Kent, president of the RNLI, discusses with Leverton Engine Divisional Manager Ron Jones the lifeboat photographed, Aberdeen's 54ft Arun B P Forties... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(C) Lifeboat Being Lifted
Photo (C) shows the lifeboat being lifted by a sea as she approaches Green Lily's port rail…. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
First Service of Aberdeen's New Lifeboat the 54' Arun Bp Forties on July 28 Was to Peterhead Fishing Boat Westerdale Which Reported Flooding In Her Engine Room Bp
. . . First service of Aberdeen's new lifeboat, the 54' Arun BP Forties, on July 28, was to Peterhead fishing boat Westerdale, which reported flooding in her engine room. BP Forties reached Westerdale, 38 miles offshore east of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Naming Ceremonies
St Ives - Mersey class The Princess Royal (Civil Service No. 41) The importance of the naming ceremony for St Ives' Mersey class lifeboat The Princess Royal (Civil Service No 41) was recognised by the weather, which slipped in a warm,...
Category: Inaugurations