LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two of the Horses and Their Owners Are Reunited With Their Rescuers
Two of the horses and their owners are reunited with their rescuers. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
City of Perth
BALCARY.—The schooner City of Perth, of and for Creetown, from Liverpool in ballast, was reported to be in distress on Bascarral shore on the 27th January. A strong breeze was blowing from the S.W.
and the sea was heavy. At...
H.R.H. The Prince of Wales. H.R.H. Prince Albert
H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT, LIEUT. DRURY, R.N. - View image in PDF
MB. HANSELL.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Editor Retires
FOR the first time in thirty-three years The Life-boat is appearing under a new editor. Mr. Charles Vince, the former editor, retired from the service of the Institution on the 1st of July, 1953.
His appointment as editor...
Category: Articles
Steven Findlay Is Pictured Right With the Tools of His Trade With Which He Collected £130-Worth of Bottles and Coins!
Steven Findlay is pictured right with the tools of his trade, with which he collected £130-worth of bottles and coins!. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats In January, February and March, 1955. 63 Lives Rescued
JANUARY DURIXG January life-boats were launched 41 times and rescued 37 lives.
LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY FISHING FLEET Anstruther, Fifeshire.—Oil the after- noon of the 3rd of January, 1955, the wind freshened, and at...
Category: Services
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain Harry Burgess, who has been coxswain of the Lowestoft life-boat since 1947. He served as second cox- swain for nearly a year, and as bowman from 1931 to 1936"and 1937 to 1946..
Category: Articles
Elizabeth, of Llanelly
At daylight on the llth April the schooner Elizabeth, of Llanelly, was discovered in a dangerous position, on a lee shore, 5 miles from this station. It was blowing a gale from the N.E. at the time, accompanied by heavy. squalls of snow: and...
Thomas, of Dumfries
The brigantine Thomas, of Dumfries, drove on the Little Burbo Sand-bank, off the mouth of the Mersey, on the 21st April, during thick weather, and afterwards beat across it, and sank in deep water. The crew of 4 men took to their boat, but...
Countess of Zetland
GREAT YARMOUTH.—Intelligence was received on the morning of the 27th December that the brig Countess of Zetland, of Wells, was ashore on the beach. A strong S. by E. wind was blowing, and a heavy sea running at the time. The Abraham Thomas...