LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.

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ON the morning of the 15th of April, 1954, the weather at Whitby, which was already bad, became steadily worse. The local fishing fleet was at sea, and at 9.30 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched.

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IT is with very great regret that we announce the death of Commander Stopford Cyril Douglas, R.N., who had been Deputy Chief Inspector of Lifeboats for the past eight years. He had been ill for several months, had undergone two operations,...

IN a former Number of this Journal we published a description, with illustrations, of this valuable little instrument. Subsequently, in 1867, the Committee of the Institution presented to J. MACGREGOR, Esq., the founder of the " Canoe...

The sailor's word-book By Admiral WH Smyth Published by Conway Maritime Press ISBN 0851779727 paperback Price £9.99 Although first published in 1867, this digest of nautical terms is far more than just a period piece and should...

AT 2.45 in the afternoon of the 3rd of April, 1949, the Pilot House at Irvine, Ayrshire, telephoned to Troon, three and a half miles to the south, that a vessel was ashore on the north side of Irvine Bar. She was the s.s. Christina Dawn, of...

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It’s a Saturday afternoon in Manchester, 1891. Thousands flock to the city’s streets to catch a glimpse of something they have never seen before: lifeboat crew members and their lifesaving craft. As the lifeboats – from the...