LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mary, Duchess of Montrose
MARY, DUCHESS OF MONTROSE, who died in February, 1957, had been made an Honorary Life Governor of the Institution, the highest award conferred on an honorary worker, in 1955. She had been president of the Arran Ladies' Life-boat Guild...
Category: Obituaries
The S.S. Wicklow Head, of Belfast
FEBRUARY 4TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. At six in the evening the harbour master reported to the life-boat station a wireless message from the S.S. Wicklow Head, of Belfast, that she was making for Torbay to land a badly injured man. A local shipping...
The Deadly Oil Slick - An Aerial View of the Tanker Torrey Canyon
The deadly oil slick - an aerial view of the tanker Torrey Canyon whose stranding on the treacherous Seven Stone Rocks near the Scilly Isles on 19th March, 1967, was the most expensive loss of its kind in maritime history. The St Mary's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Folio Society
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Category: Advertisement
The S.S. Pomeral
DUNGENESS, KENT.—At 10.15 P.M. on the 10th January, during foggy weather, a message was received stating that a : steamer was ashore at Dengemarsh. ' Without loss of time the crew of thej No. 1 Life-boat Mary Theresa Boileau were...
Lepanto, of Grimsby
At 5.40 a.m. on 24th March, 1967, news was received that the trawler Lepanto of Grimsby was on fire about 18 miles east north east of Flamborough Head. There was a fresh west by northerly breeze with a moderate sea.
It was...
Mr. Edward Heath on a Visit to the R.N.L.I, Stand at the International Boat Show In London In 1968. a Letter In His Capacity As Prime Minister Is Reproduced on the Facing Page. Last Year He Was Ele
Mr. Edward Heath on a visit to the R.N.L.I, stand at the International Boat Show in London in 1968. A letter in his capacity as Prime Minister is reproduced on the facing page. Last year he was elected Yachtsman of the Year by the Guild of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
John James, of Chester
The smack John James, of Chester, bound from Dublin to Aberdovey, in ballast, was observed on the morning of the 17th October, in a disabled state, with her sails blown away, while the wind was blowing strong from the N., and the sea was...
Annie, of Padstow
ABERSOCH.—At 9 A.M. on the 30th Jan.
the schooner Annie, of Padstow, bound from Dublin to Bristol, was observed with signals of distress flying while riding at anchor in St. Tudwell's Roads. It wasblowing a hard gale...