LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Honour
The Life-boat Co-operator No. 2 was called out during the afternoon of the 8th May, a small vessel having been observed in difficulties off the " Hangman," near Combmartin. The sea was heavy with a moderate gale blowing and weather...
William Knox
BERWICK - ON - TWEED. — The ketch William Knox, of Kirkcaldy, coal laden, from the Tyne for Bonar Bridge, was seen running for the harbour while a freshbreeze was blowing from S.E. on the 9th February. On entering the river she was caught by...
Three Fishing Boats
BANFF.—At 3.15 P.M. on the 17th February the Life-boat Help for the Helpless was launched, a telephone message having been received from Macduff intimating that three fishing boats about a mile outside the harbour were in urgent need of...
Motor Fishing Boats
Early in the morning of the 8th January some of the motor fishing-boats put to sea, the ; weather at the time being moderate with but little wind. Later the wind shifted into the eastward and brought up a very heavy sea, causing the boats...
The S.S. Sir William Stephenson
On the 29th August the s.s. Sir William Steplienson, of Newcastle, whilst bound for London with a general cargo, struck a mine in the Yarmouth Roads, and two men were killed by the explosion. The No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane was promptly...
Sir Henry McMahon
COLONEL SIR HENRY MCMAHON, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.C.I.E., C.S.I., who died on the 29th of December, 1949, at the age of 87, had been a member of the Committee of Manage- ment for thirty years, and was ap- pointed a vice-president in 1948. He ...
Category: Obituaries
Contents
Notes of the Quarter by the Editor .. .. .. .. .. 2 Profiles 4 Life-saving on the Shannon by M. Duffy .. .. .. .. 6 Letters 8 Royal Blue to the Rescue .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 Plymouth Exhibition .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 The RNLI looks at the...
Category: Contents
Cover Picture
Exercises at sea are part of the regular routine of every lifeboat station. On exercise the crew can familiarise themselves with the boat and with her lifesaving equipment, and, as a team, practise manoeuvres which, on service, may have to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The 37Ft 6in Rother Class
The 37ft din Rother class lifeboat Shoreline is stationed at Blyth. The station honorary secretary is Dr Reginald Carr (I.) who is also Blyth's honorary medical adviser. He is a busy GP and when a call for the lifeboat comes while he is... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Captured In Oils:
Captured in oils: the most recent of the celebrated marine artist, David Cobb's lifeboat paintings is this impression of a rescue carried out by Troon lifeboat on September 12, 1980. Her coxswain, Ian Johnson, was awarded the silver...
Category: Drawings