LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Druid of Sunderland
At 10.40 P.M. of the 6th Jan., the Birmingham No. 2 Life- boat put off, in answer to signals of dis- tress from the s.s. Druid, of Sunderland, and conveyed ashore 5 of her crew who had been injured by the bursting of her boiler. One poor...
Wrecked!
The German oil-tanker D. L. Harper on the Crane Rock, near The Lizard. - View image in PDF
(See page 513.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Somali (1)
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT BOULMER MA R C H 2 7 T H . - B O U L M E R , NORTH SUNDERLAND, AND HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
During the night of the 26th of March a large steamer was seen to be on fire off the Northumbrian coast...
The King of Norway and a Life-Boat Crew
IT will be within the recollection of our readers, that in May 1913 we had the pleasure of announcing that His Majesty the King of Norway had graciously given a monetary reward to be divided among the crew of the Skegness Lifeboat, for their...
Category: Awards
Message from the Director
By the time this letter is published I will have succeeded Rear Admiral Graham as director and secretary of the RNLI.
It is a tremendous honour and a considerable challenge to have been appointed by the committee of...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (19)
MAY 31TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but it had crashed on land. - Rewards, £5 5s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (23)
JUNE 5TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £5 4s. 3d..
An Aeroplane (102)
AUGUST 2 4TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. An aeroplane on fire had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £2 12s. 6d..
Centenaries of Life-Boat Stations. Presentation of Vellums Signed By the Prince of Wales
LAST year the Institution presented Vellums to seventeen Life-boat Stations which had been in existence for a century and over. Up to the end of July this year seven more Stations received the same honour,* and since then Vellums have been...
Category: Articles
The Cost
Twelve life-boatmen lost their lives at sen, or died on their return, and seven life-boats were lost in various ways. One was left on the beaches of Dunkirk. One was destroyed at its station by an air-raid. Three were destroyed by an...
Category: Articles