LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Admiral Stuart Nicholson, of Bude
BY the death of Admiral Stuart Nicholson, C.B., M.V.O., D.L., on 10th September, at the age of seventy, the Institution has lost one of its most active and successful honorary secre- taries. At the end of 1920 he retired from the Navy after...
Category: Obituaries
Lives Lost, 1853
The whole loss of lives during the year, as far as has been ascertained, amounts to 989.
Of these, 18 went down with the Herdd, which sunk off the Start, after collision with a schooner at night, on 10th January; 83 in the...
Category: Articles
Weather Forecasts and Storm Warnings
IT will have been observed, and doubtless with regret by many of our readers, that in the early part of last month (December, 1866) Government notified their intention of, at least for a season, discontinuing the well-known Storm Warnings to...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (42)
DECEMBER 12TH. - BEAUMARIS ANGLESEY. An aeroplane had been reported to have crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £9 0s. 6d.
Scarlet Buccaneer
Three saved as lifeboat crew battle storm force winds and heavy seas George Duffy, second coxswain/mechanic and Ian Sheridan, deputy second coxswain/assistant mechanic of Howth's Arun class lifeboat have been awarded the RNLI's...
Flint Lifeboat Named Marjorie Helen
With the ruins of Flint Castle overlooking the proceedings, Eric Bulling handed D class lifeboat Marjorie Helen over to Anthony Oliver, deputy head of fundraising and marketing on 16 November.
This was Eric's second... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Henry Alston Hewat at Mallaig
Henry Alston Hewatai Mallaig Mallaig's new all-weather Severn class lifeboat was named after the father of Catherine Hewat of Glasgow, who funded the majority of the £1,8m lifeboat with a bequest in excess of £1 m. The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Services
LONG TOW IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS Eleven men and fishing vessel saved In winds gusting to 90 knotsA difficult service in winds up to almost 90 knots earned coxswain / mechanic Hewitt Clark of the Lerwick lifeboat a Bronze Medal, recognising...
Category: Services