LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of the late Coxswain Angus McPhail, of Thurso, Caithness-shire, who died on 29th June last, at the age of sixty, after a distinguished career in the life-boat.
He was coxswain for thirteen years...
Category: Articles
Rescue of a Deer
IN the middle of June, 1939, a roe deer crossed the golf course opposite Aber- deen harbour, entered the harbour channel, and swam out to sea. Cox- swain Thomas Sinclair (who has twice won the Institution's silver medal for gallantry and...
Category: Articles
Captain the Hon V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., Chairman of the RNLI Seen on the Occasion of His Visit to Flamborough In December
Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., Chairman of the RNLI, seen on the occasion of his visit to Flamborough in December. The retiring coxswain of the Flamborough life-boat, Dick Cowling, is on the left of the picture. Albert Duke, the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Demi Wyn, of Portmadoc
on 21st Jan., saved 8 men from the schooner Demi Wyn, of Portmadoc..
(Right) the Champagne Breaks on the Bow of 33Ft Brede Lifeboat Rnlb Caroline Finch
(right) the champagne breaks on the bow of 33ft Brede lifeboat RNLB Caroline Finch. photographs by courtesy of Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Loss of a Liverpool Vessel.—Sagacity of a Dog
By advices from Newfoundland, Nov. 14, it appears that the brig Emma, Captain WHITE, 80 days from Liverpool, with a cargo of salt, was lost about midnight "on Saturday last, at Seal Cove, a small opening three miles north of Flat Hock,...
Category: Articles
Oscar, of Tonsberg
On the 19th Sep- tember, the brig Oscar, of Tonsberg, was stranded, and afterwards became a total wreck amongst the rocks a short distance from St. Andrew's Harbour, during a strong easterly gale. The St. Andrew's life-boat was...
Henry Holman, of Plymouth
On the 14th January the schooner Henry Holman, of Plymouth, was observed in a dangerous position between the Clipera Rocks and Penrhyn Point, An- glesey, while the wind was blowing a very heavy gale from W.N.W. The Holyhead life-boat was at...
HRH the Duke of Kent President of the Rnli Visits South Wales
HRH The Duke of Kent President of the Rnli Visits South Wales. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wreck of the "Indian Chief," and Services of the Ramsgate Life-Boat
WRECK OF THE "INDIAN CHIEF," AND SERVICES OF THE RAMSGATE LIFE-BOAT.
Category: Drawings