LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Voyage of the Motor Life-Boat "William Evans" from Cowes to Wexford
THE following are some extracts from the report of the Irish District Inspector on the voyage which the new Wexford Motor Life-boat made to her Station, under her own power, as soon as her trials at Cowes had been...
Category: Articles
The New Launching Tractor
By Captain Howard F. I. Rowley, C.B.E., R.N., Chief Inspector of Life boats.
LAST year the Institution completed the first of a new type of tractor for launching Life-boats off flat beaches. It was built as the result of...
Category: Inaugurations
The Clarinda, of Sunderland
On the 3rd De- cember, the brig Clarinda, of Sunderland, was seen drifting along the coast to the north- ward of Sutton. A very heavy gale of wind was blowing, and the vessel appeared in a very distressed condition, with her. main- mast gone...
Below: the Royal British Legion Jubilee As She Left the Thames After the Ceremony Passing the Houses of Parliament
Below: The Royal British Legion Jubilee, as she left the Thames after the ceremony, passing the Houses of Parliament.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bridlington: Late on the Evening of Wednesday July 26 Arthur Dick the Honorary Secretary Saw a Small Trawler Pass the Harbour Entrance and Go Ashore on North Be
Bridlington: Late on the evening of Wednesday July 26 Arthur Dick, the honorary secretary, saw a small trawler pass the harbour entrance and go ashore on North Beach. The Harbour Office was informed and Bridlington's 37ft Oakley lifeboat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Irwell
At 4.35 A.M. on the 30th November information was received that a Government trans- port vessel—the s.s. In/cell, of Goole —with twenty men on board, had struck the bar and was driving ashore into Seaford Bay. The Motor Life-boat Sir FitzRoy...
Aerial view of the Greek cargo ship, Nafsiporos, adrift in the middle of the Irish Sea
Category: Photographs
Hartley, of Southampton,
On the 24th of September, at 11 P.M., the brig Hartley, of Southampton, went on shore on the south end of the Goodwin sands, the wind blowing a strong gale from the S.W. at the time. At 1-40 A. si. alarm guns and rockets were observed on...
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Category: Advertisement
While Touring Northern Ireland on April 4 Hrh the Duke of Kent President of the Institution
While touring Northern Ireland on April 4, HRH The Duke of Kent, president of the Institution, called at Donaghadee lifeboat station and went out for a short trip in the 44ft Waveney lifeboat Arthur and Blanche Harris.
He... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs