LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Redcar Life-Boat and Captain Cook
THE famous explorer, Captain Cook, was born near Stockton-on-Tees, in Yorkshire, on 27th October, 1728, and his bicentenary was celebrated this year.
His mother was a member of an old Redcar family, while his sister married...
Category: Articles
The Ketches The Norvic and The Doric
At about 11 A.M.
on the 19th August information was received that two large ketches had stranded on the N.W. part of the Margate sand. The weather at the time being very unsettled with a strong N.N.W. breeze and choppy...
The King and the Life-Boat Institution
AT a Life-boat demonstration, held at Southampton on Monday, the 3rd August, a loyal message was sent to the King, and the following acknowledg- ment was promptly received : " I am commanded by the King to thank you for your telegram,...
Category: Correspondence
Svalenthe, Louisa and the S.S. Zillah
FLEETWOOD.—On the 16th June the Life-boat Maude Pickup was launched at 8 A.M. in response to signals of distress and proceeded in tow of the harbour steam-tug Brock, through a tremendous sea, in the direction of the Sunderland Bank, in...
Life-Boat Calendar and Christmas Card
THE Life-boat Christmas Card and the Life-boat Calendar for 1933 are now ready.
The Calendar.
The calendar has on it a reproduction in colours of a painting by Mr. William McDowell, showing the New...
Category: Advertisement
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
Coxswain's Certificate of Service.
A COXSWAIN'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, and a PENSION, have been awarded to CHARLES LACOCK, 16| years coxswain, 1J years second coxswain, and 4J years bowman of the Caister...
Category: Awards
Prosperity, Progress, Endeavour, Flying Spray and Success
Whitby, Yorkshire.—Early on the morning of the 15th April the local motor fishing boats Prosperity, Progress, Endeavour, Flying Spray and Success put out to fish. A nasty sea was running. Later on it grew worse and broke heavily on the bar....
A Motor Boat and a Rowing Boat
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 3.41 in the afternoon of the 22nd of August, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a broken down motor boat and a rowing boat were drifting northwards, on the ebbing tide, in a moderate south-westerly breeze and...
The S.S. Peterjon and the S.S. Tungenes
Ferryside, Carmarthenshire. — About 8.30 in the evening of the 1st of De- cember, 1948, The Mumbles coastguard telephoned that the s.s. Tungenes, of Stavanger, had reported that she was aground off Llanelly, with her rudder broken, and the...
Lord Runciman and Sir Lionel Halsey
THE Institution lost last year two very distinguished members of the com- mittee of management, the Viscount Runciman and Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.C.I.E., C.B.
Lord Runciman, who died on the 14th of...
Category: Obituaries