LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat Service 100 Years Ago
Gold Medallion Awarded for a Service on the Northumbrian Coast.
" Newton-by-the-Sea, " Tuesday, 2nd December, 1828.
" SIR,—It is with the deepest regret I have to communicate to you the...
Category: Correspondence
With Her Builders' Trials Completed the Prototype 47Ft Tyne Fast Slipway Lifeboat City of London
With her builders' trials completed, the prototype 47ft Tyne fast slipway lifeboat City of London set out on a circumnavigation of the British Isles as part of her development trials; during these trials lifeboatmen from a number of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Imbros
PORT EYNON, SOUTH WALES.—On the 2nd February, during a thick fog, it was reported that a steamer's whistle had been heard in the direction of Helwick Sands. The Life-boat A Daughter'sOffering was launched at 12.35 P.M., and on...
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain George Lamey, of Clovelly. He has been an officer of the life-boat for eighteen years, and coxswain for the past twelve years. In 1944 he was awarded the Institution's thanks on vellum for...
Category: Articles
Amanda, of Coleraine
The Laura, Countess of Antrim, Life-boat, saved 7 men from the brigantine Amanda, of Cole- raine, on the morning of the 3rd October, during a heavy gale from N.W. This was a truly noble service, and tested to the utmost the endurance of the...
Liverpool Lifeboat the Elliott Gill Seen on Her Own Carriage on the Exhibition Site Was Stationed at Runswick 1954- 1970 35' 6" Overall She Is An Open Boat With Small
Liverpool lifeboat, The Elliott Gill, seen on her own carriage on the exhibition site, was stationed at Runswick 1954- 1970. 35' 6" overall, she is an open boat, with small shelter, and has twin 20 hp diesel engines. She is a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of Life-Boats
BARMOUTH.—On the 18th September, at 5 a.m., a small schooner was observed to be on shore on the North Bar, off Barmouth, on the Welsh coast, her crew being lashed in the rigging. The life-boat of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION was, as...
Category: Services
Life-Saving Display By the "William & Kate Johnston" at the Inaugural Ceremony
Life-Saving Display By The "William & Kate Johnston" at The Inaugural Ceremony. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Progressing To The Role Of Deck Officer (pictured)
Unsurprisingly, the sea later beckoned and, in 1955, Robert joined the Merchant Navy as a cadet and served as an apprentice, progressing to the role of deck officer (pictured).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Domino
Three days later the Life-boat was again called out to assist the s.s. Domino, of Liverpool. This vessel was bound from Liverpool to Copenhagen, and when off Dunnet Head, owing to the prevailing north - westerly gale, her Longhope, Jan. 9th...