LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain Robert Brown of Swanage, who has been coxswain since 1941. He was assistant mechanic from 1928 to 1934 and second coxswain from 1934 to 1941. During his period of service Swanage life-boats have...
Category: Articles
The Point of No Return for Mary Cook Wife of sheerness Honorary Medical Adviser the Returns of Her Daring First Time Parachute Jump Were Considerable However As She Raised £320 for the Lifeb
The point of no return for Mary Cook, wife ofSheerness honorary medical adviser. The returns of her daring first time parachute jump were considerable, however, as she raised £320 for the lifeboat station in sponsorship.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Sailing Boat Berlin
Helvick Head, Co. Waterford. — At 5 o'clock in the evening on the 7th of January, 1950, information was re- ceived that the sixteen-feet sailing boat Berlin, with a German and his daughter on board, had left Kilmore Quay for...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
Thursday, 2nd April, 1863. THOMAS CHAPMAN Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meetings, and those of the Finance, Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
Category: Committee
Why Is a Ship Always a She, and Why Is She Invariably Launched With Ceremony and Usually the Traditional Bottle of Champagne (Arrowed)?
Why is a ship always a she, and why is she invariably launched with ceremony and usually the traditional bottle of champagne (arrowed)?. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The King's Jubilee. An Old-Age Pensioner's Gift
AN anonymous gift of ten shillings has been received with the message : " A jubilee gift from an old-age pensioner of West Hampstead." Another anonymous gift, of half a crown, has come from another old-age pensioner, who wrote...
Category: Donations
The Motor Yawl Shirma
Longhope, Orkneys.—At 7.45 on the evening of the 21st of May, 1955, the principal keeper of the Cantick Head lighthouse reported that the local motor vawl Shirma, laden with lobster pots and carrying a crew of two, had broken down. He later...
The Austrian Barque Pace
About 1 P.M. on the 28th December, JOSEPH Cox, the cox- swain of the Hope life-boat stationed at Appledore, was informed by the coast-guard that two vessels were embayed, and would probably go on shore. He instantly assembled his crew,...
List of Successes In the Essay Competition
London District (County Council Area and Middlesex).
Name.
Age.
School.
William Bennett Freda Shine Thomas Gover .
Maureen Conway John...
Category: Articles
The Hopper No. 19
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 7.20 on the evening of the 19th of August, 1952, the coastguard reported that a ship was sinking on the Red Sands, and that the crew had taken to their boats.
Twenty minutes later the life-boat...