LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Hephzi-Bah and The John
Amble, Northumberland. — In the morning of the 5th of July, 1948, the local fishing cobles, Hephzi-Bah, and The John, were at sea. At 9.30, although the breeze from the north- north-west was moderate, a rough sea was running, and at...
Naming Ceremonies: Two Station Lifeboats at Mallaig and Aldeburgh; Relief Lifeboat at Poole; and the Prototype Tyne Class Lifeboat In the City of London
Mallaig, Inverness-shire EARLIER BAD WEATHER on Saturday September 11, 1982, gave way to a bright sunny morning at the attractive west coast of Scotland harbour of Mallaig as preparations were made for the naming of the station's new...
Category: Inaugurations
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1895
THE Board of Trade is to be congratulated on the success of its efforts to lay before the public the " Abstracts of the Shipping Casualties which have occurred on or near the Coasts of the United Kingdom " up to the latest possible...
Category: Articles
A Breezy Day In Barmouth As the Station's Mersey Class Moira Barry Comes Alongside. Neither Rain Nor Wind Could Dampen the Enthusiasm and Ashore Colourful
A breezy day in Barmouth as the station's Mersey class Moira Barry comes alongside. Neither rain nor wind could dampen the enthusiasm and ashore colourful umbrellas vied with the bunting!. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Inaugural Ceremonies of Motor Life-Boats. Stromness, Longhope, Piel (Barrow), Swanage and Portrush
Lieutenant H.R.H. Prince George, K.G., G.C.V.O., R.N., named the two Motor Life-boats at Stromness and Longhope in the Orkneys on the 6th June.
These are the two most northerly Life-boat Stations in the British...
Category: Inaugurations
Sprite' the Lifeboat's Mascot (Provided By Osbornes for All Lifeboats Built By the Yard) Watches Over the Inside Steering Position With Its Engine Controls and Electroni
'Sprite', the lifeboat's mascot (provided by Osbornes for all lifeboats built by the yard) watches over the inside steering position with its engine controls and electronics.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 21st August, 1930.
Paid £22,113 5s. lid. for sundry charges in connexion with the construction of Life-boats, Life-boat Houses and Slipways, and the maintenance of the various Life-boat establish-...
Category: Committee
Concerning Public Opinion on the Mercantile Marine, and the Corporate Interests Connected Therewith
THE "British Public" has of late mani- fested a considerable degree of dissatisfac- tion at the general state of the Mercantile Marine, a dissatisfaction which is none the less real in fact because it can hardly be said—at least in...
Category: Articles
Bob Vowles,
April 1998 Bob Vowles, St Peter Port lifeboat station mechanic. He also served at the station as assistant mechanic and a crew member.
Category: Obituaries
Ramsgate Lifeboat Ralph and Joy Swann Photographed Bv Ray Noble a Crew Member on the Night Gloire a Marie II Was Saved
Ramsgate lifeboat, Ralph and Joy Swann, photographed bv Ray Noble, a crew member on the night Gloire a Marie II was saved.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs