LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Grace Darling Centenary. Opening of a Memorial Museum at Bamburgh
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 137 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 28 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to September 30th, 1938 .... 65,849
Grace Darling...
Category: Articles
Sjofna, of Oslo
NOVEMBER 23RD. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL, AND CLOVELLY, DEVON.
At 2.30 in the morning the Padstow coastguard telephoned that news had been received from the naval authorities at Falmouth that a ship was ashore at Knap Head, near...
Commander M. A. Regan, O.B.E., J.P. Honorary Secretary of the Hull Branch
Comnjander M. A. Regan, O.B.E., J.P.
By the sudden death at the age of sixty-three, of Commander M. A. Regan, O.B.E., J.P., the Honorary Secretary of the Branch at Hull, the Institution has lost one of its most...
Category: Obituaries
The Former Chairman of the R.N.L.I. Captain the Hon V M Wyndham-Quin at the Naming Ceremony at Clacton on 23Rd April 1968 of the New Life-Boat Valentine Wyndh
The former Chairman of the R.N.L.I., Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham-Quin, at the naming ceremony at Clacton on 23rd April, 1968, of the new life-boat Valentine Wyndham-Quin. On the left is the present Chairman, Admiral Sir Wilfrid Wood,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Norseman, of Montrose
OCTOBER 31ST. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT. At 8.5 at night the Portpatrick coastguard reported a fishing vessel making distress signals off the Isle of Whithorn. A strong southerly breeze was blowing, with heavy rain. The sea was very rough. The motor...
The Use of Oil for Smoothing Troubled Waters
WITH the view of diminishing the serious loss of life which takes place every year from fishing-vessels both on the coasts of the United Kingdom and in the North Sea, and other fishing grounds, the Com- mittee of the NATIONAL SEA FISHERIES...
Category: Articles
The Prawn Boat Capella
JANUARY 19TH. - FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.
At 10.10 A.M. information was given by an incoming trawler that the mast and sail of a vessel could be seen above water about a mile west of Wyre Lighthouse. A southerly wind was...
Mrs V Gambles Honorary Secretary of Bridlington Ladies' Guild Helps J Ward Hold Both the Monster Easter Egg He Gave to the Guild to Raffle and the Resultant £80 Cheque
Mrs V. Gambles, honorary secretary of Bridlington ladies' guild, helps J. Ward hold both the monster Easter egg he gave to the guild to raffle and the resultant £80 cheque.
The winner of the egg gave it to children... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H.R.H. The Duke of Kent at Weston-super-Mare
Inaugural Ceremony of the new Motor Life-boat.
H.R.H. THE DUKE of KENT, KG., on 27th June named the motor life-boat at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. This is the ninth motor life-boat which he has named. The other eight have...
Category: Inaugurations
A Service By the Margate Life-Boat to the German Cadet Training Ship Pamir
(See the Life-boat, vol. XXXIII, page 334.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs