LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Collisions at Sea In Fogs
THE Council of the SOCIETY OF ARTS appointed a Committee in March, 1883, with the full concurrence of the Marine Department of the BOARD OP TRADE, to inquire into and consider the question of collision at sea, the scope of the in- quiry...
Category: Articles
Mr Holness Standing on the Turf at Wembley In Front of the Royal Box This Followed His Appointment As Reserve Linesman for the Trophy Cup Final on April 28 1973 Be
Mr Holness standing on the turf at Wembley in front of the Royal Box. This followed his appointment as reserve linesman for the Trophy Cup Final on April 28, 1973, between Scarborough ami Whitby. This was Mr Holness' lust appointment as... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
At the Sharp End
A selection of lifeboat services from around the country Wells East Division Three saved .from stranded vessel Aservice to a fishing vessel in gale force winds, darkness, shallow water and heavy breaking seas has earned Wells lifeboat...
Category: Services
Second Race 245: Run Up for the Runners In the Lintas: London Stakes; No 3 Jubilee Bill (T Rogers) Followed By No 5 Mashmoor (Joe Mercer) Who Was to Come Third
Second race, 2.45: Run up for the runners in the Lintas: London Stakes; No 3 Jubilee Bill (T. Rogers) followed by No 5 Mashmoor (Joe Mercer), who was to come third …. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Letters
ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM SLAYTER • I would like to amplify the very brief obituary which appeared in the July issue of THE LIFE-BOAT (page 124). Bill Slayter, who had a very distinguished career in the Navy in both world wars, was a most...
Category: Correspondence
The Republic of Ireland Launched Its ' Year of the Lifeboat' Celebrations on October 16 1973 With a Reception at Which Ireland's Target for the Year Was Announced: £10
The Republic of Ireland launched its ' Year of the Lifeboat' celebrations on October 16, 1973, with a reception at which Ireland's target for the year was announced: £100,000 above normal revenue to offset cost of new 44'... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Below Left) Time for a Break
(below left) Time for a break - summoned by the foghorn the Portacabin soon fills up…. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Books
• Writers of fictional sea stories invent a hero, perhaps a villain and a few horrendous storms, then throw in a little romance to hold the interest of the reader. Life, of course, does not fit such neat patterns and only two parts of the...
Category: Articles
Tor Spray
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. — About •8.45 in the evening, on the 16th of August, 1950, the Southcnd Coast- guard telephoned that a small vessel had been reported oil a reef at Arran- man's Barrels Buoy, Macharioch. At 9.13 the life-boat...
Lifeboats In Action
THE LIFEBOAT Tyne class lifeboat ON-1116 Roben and Violet Funding Anonymous gift THE CREW Co swain Anthony Barclay Crew members Dave Jones Dave Jones IJnr] Vincent Jones Rod Pace Gary Roberts David Williams MOELFRE LIFEBOAT STATION...
Category: Services