LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Celeste
At daybreak on the 4th April, during a strong gale from the E., with a chopping sea, a large steamer was observed, apparently at anchor, about eight miles N. of To wan Head. She was showing colours, but whether signals of distress or not...
The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-earriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats of the Institution During 1924
Time of Launching.
Jan. 1. 6.10p.m.
6. 10. 0p.m.
„ 7. 4.45 a.m.
„ 8. 12 noon.
„ 9. 1.55 a.m.
„ 9. 5. 0 a.m.<...
Category: Services
The S.S. Leonidas S. Condylis, of Andros, Greece
SEPTEMBER 15TH. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN. At 8.40 in the morning the Ramsey coastguard reported a steamer in need of help off Douglas Head. A south-westerly breeze was blowing, and the sea was very rough.
The motor life-boat...
A Replica of Greathead's 'Original' Lifeboat Made of Flowers Was Used By Lowestoft Ladies' Guild at the Rnli Anniversary Ball and Church Service In March
A replica of Greathead's 'Original' lifeboat made of flowers was used by Lowestoft ladies' guild at the RNLI anniversary ball and Church service in March. The guild raises over £3,000 annually for branch... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Heavy Gales of May and June Last
Also II. to some men for rescuing 2 men from a boat which was capsized by a heavy sea, on the 8th May last, off Gweedore Bar, on the coast of Donegal.
Also Silver Medal of the Institution and U to Gunner CHARLES LEESE, and...
Category: Articles
The Cooperative Bank
The COOPERATIVE BANK A Loan from • •i APR is as near as your phone Specially negotiated rates for RNLI members Borrow any amount between £500-£15,000 Funds transferred directly to your bank account Monthly repayment LOAN £ 15...
Category: Advertisement
Catching Them Young
Cullercoats lifeboat station's newest recruit was so keen to join the crew that he applied on his 17th birthday - the minimum age for RNLI crew. Scott Jones has several seasons' experience as a life guard and had been lending a hand... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Practical Hints for the Consideration and Guidance of Merchant - Seamen and Others Having Charge Or Command of Boats
1. Acquire the habit of sitting down in a boat, and never stand up to perform any work which may be done sitting.
2. Never climb the mast of a boat even in smooth water, to reeve halliards or for any other purpose, but...
Category: Articles
Pet, of Chester
Thurso.
Shortly before 10 P.M. on 18th March the news reached Thurso that a schooner, the Pet, of Chester, had gone ashore on the rocky headland of Brims Ness, five miles away. The night was foggy and very dark, with a...