LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
the Finnish Coaster Inio
Coaster on fire A TELEPHONE CALL from Belfast Pilot Station to HM Coastguard at 1300 on Tuesday April 10 reported a fire aboard the Finnish coaster Inio of Helsinki about a mile and a half north east of Mew Island. A firefighting tug,...
The Work of a Life-Boat Inspector
from the service of the Institution in 1920.) THE perfect Inspector of Life-boats should be a man of many parts. First and foremost, he must, of course, be a seaman; but he must add some knowledge of the art of the boatbuilder in order...
Category: Articles
The Corvette K458
MARCH 29TH. - SENNEN COVE, AND PENLEE, CORNWALL. A message was received at Sennen Cove at 7.33 in the morning that a vessel needed help four miles north-north-west of Pedn-men-Dhu. A strong south-south-west wind was blowing and the sea was...
The S.S. Editor
HOLYHEAD.—On the 22nd March, a steamer was reported to be on the rocks in the vicinity of the South Stack, and the Life-boat Thomas Fielden proceeded at 3 A.M. to her assistance, in tow of a ste&mtug.
A very thick fog...
Passages of Life-Boats In the Gales. Port Patrick, Troon, and Moelfre
THREE new Motor Life-boats which left the building yard at Cowes for their Stations during the gales—the 40-feet Watson Life-boats for Port Patrick (Wigtownshire), Troon (Ayrshire) and Moelfre (Anglesey)—were subjected to as severe a test as...
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Chuckles from the 1930s
Thirty odd years ago it was my duty and my privilege to act as escort to Sir Godfrey Baring, K.B.E., then Chairman of the Royal National Life-boat Institution, on his frequent visits to the North West District and, at a later period, to...
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Index to the Gift Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
OF THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. (The figures refer to the numbers of the Life-boats detailed on pages 50-01.) A Friend, per Pembroke Cox, Mrs. E. E., the late, 116. Hopwood, S. W., Esq., the Eestell, W. T.,...
Category: Donations
Above: the Aran Islands' Facilities Are Due for a Makeover
Above: The Aran Islands' facilities are due for a makeover. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Ladies' Life-Boat Guild. H.R.H. The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Patron
H.R.H. the Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Patron.AT the end of 1923, H.R.H. the Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, who had already shown her personal interest in the Life-boat Service by becoming Pre- sident of the Kensington Branch on...
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Front Cover
Front cover Beaumaris crew members put their station's Atlantic 75 lifeboat, Blue Peter II, (B-768) through her paces beneath the overcast skies.
Photo © Royal Bank of Scotland/Rick Tornlinson. Please tel 02380... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs