LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
M. E. Clarke, of London
On the 23rd Dec. the steamer M. E. Clarke, of London, went on the Mole Kocks outside Dover Harbour during a heavy N.E. gale. On her signals of distress being observed, the Royal Wiltshire life-boat was taken to the centre of the bay on her...
Shantico (1)
Dangerously dehydrated On 25 April 2006, three lifeboats worked together to save a 14m yacht and her crew sinking off Ardlamont Point, Loch Fyne.
Launching at I.OSpmTighnabruaich's B class Alec and Maimie Preston was...
Ducking and Diving
Earlier this year, the people of Portstewart, Northern Ireland, celebrated St Patrick's day with their annual sponsored Duck Dive. Participants jumped or dived into a nearby intertidal basin, many of them wearing fancy dress. The event,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Publicity and Propaganda In Scotland. Formation of a Scottish Council
FOR some considerable period the Committee of Management have felt that the organisation in Scotland of our appeal for funds to carry on the Life-boat Service has not been effective, and that, as a result, the amount raised in that part of...
Category: Committee
Penlee
PENLEE, Friday February 14, 1986: at 0630 Penlee's 52 ft Arun class lifeboat, Mabel Alice, with Coxswain Ken Thomas at the helm, set out in a force 10 east by southerly storm and poor visibility. The Guernsey registered coaster, Roy... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Vodafone
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Category: Advertisement
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 6th January, 1876: THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of the Institution, in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck...
Category: Committee
82 Works for the Life-Boats
The mother of Mr. Selby Davidson, the honorary secretary of the Tynemouth branch, who is now in her 82nd. year, has made over £5 for the branch by making and selling dish-cloths..
Category: Articles
News
Landmark ruling - is it a ship?The personal watercraft (PWC), often known by the trade name of jetski, is an increasingly popular mode of water transport. Partly resembling a motorbike, a PWC is ridden in a similar way and comes with the...
Category: Articles
Norwegian Dream and the Container Vessel Ever Decent
Collision Aftermath The collision between the cruise liner Norwegian Dream and the container vessel Ever Decent off the coast of Kent in the early hours of Tuesday 24 August 1999 comes as a sharp reminder of how important it is to be...