LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Wreck Register and Chart for the First Six Months of 1873
FOR many years past we have made a synopsis of the Home Wreck Register and Chart of the preceding twelve months, and we propose to follow, on the present occasion, the same course in reference to I the important and national document : which...
Category: Articles
The Danish Coaster Lady Kamilla
Storm search A PROLONGED SEARCH was made by Padstow, St Ives and Clovelly lifeboats in a south-westerly storm for the Danish coaster Lady Kamilla, which foundered off Trevose Head on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1977, and for her crew of nine...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 14th January, 1892.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
The Secretary having reported the death of H...
Category: Committee
Her First Launch
The new life-boat Tynesider. She is a 46 ft. 9 ins. Watson cabin motor life-boat and went to the station on the 29th of November, 1947. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
RA Range Benbecula Outer Hebrides
A snooker match worthy of Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis took place at the RA Range, Benbecula, Outer Hebrides. Eight members of the sergeants' mess played snooker non-stop for two days, pocketing £386.45 for the Institution as a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
No fear for the Reaper
Whitby’s Trent class lifeboat was launched on 20 July 2008 at 11.30pm to help the historic fishing vessel Reaper, which had suffered engine failure and was taking on water. In force 7 winds and a 4m swell, the volunteers transferred their...
Category: Articles
Travelscope.
For a sensational cruise close to home, join us to discover the best of the British Isles in Bloom, with the chance to visit a delightful array of Castles and Gardens at the time of year when they are at their Springtime...
Category: Advertisement
The Life-Boats of the United Kingdom
LIV. BULL BAY (Anglesey) The Curling, 34 feet by 7£ feet, 10 oars.
"READER, have you ever been at Ply- mouth?" asks the versatile Captain Fred- erick Marryatt in opening one of the happiest productions of...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Essay Competition. Presentation of the Prizes In the London District
AT the Caxton Hall, on Monday, 13th December, the Mayor of West- minster (Mi. S. P. B. Bueknill) presided at the presentation of the prizes won in the Competition in the London area (consisting of the schools under the London County Council)...
Category: Articles
One Hundred Years Old
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 153 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to August 31st, 1952 - 77,894 One Hundred Years Old By I. O. Evans,...
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