LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Villalegre
During a heavy snowstorm and very cold weather on the 26th February the same Life-boat was launched to the help of a vessel ashore about half a mile south of Houghton Steel. She was the s.s.
Villalegre of Aviles, a steamer...
BEATING THE ODDS
Reaching for his mobile phone, a kayaker went overboard. Cold and tired, he couldn’t get back onboard – or call for help
Lifeboat Helm Patsy O’Mahony was relaxing at home on a Sunday afternoon in February when his phone...
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The S.S. Martha
PADSTOW, CORNWALL. — The coastguard at Trevose Head, on the night of the 22nd February, reported that a large steamer was in distress five miles to the north and that she was burning signals for assistance. The tug Helen Peele, with the Life...
The Storeyard's Children's Party
THE Institution's Storeyard is at Poplar, in a district of London where there is a great deal of poverty, and at Christmas last year it gave a Tea and Entertainment to over 150 children.
It was entirely arranged and...
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Many a Slip: Members of the Kent Messenger
Many a slip: Members of the Kent Messenger Social Club heard to utter an oath had to pay for their slips of the tongue. A swear box behind the bar and raffles raised £500 for East Mailing branch and chairman of the Social Club Alan Mole... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Chandos, of Grimsby
APRIL, 22ND. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
At 10.55 at night the life-boat watchman reported a vessel aground on the Binks. Shortly afterwards she signalled SOS by whistle. The weather was fine, with a light variable wind and a...
The 46Ft 9In Watson Relief Lifeboat William Gammon Manchester and District Xxx on Temporary Duty at Cromer Launches on Service to Diana V Photographs By Cou
The 46ft 9in Watson relief lifeboat William Gammon, Manchester and District XXX, on temporary duty at Cromer, launches on service to Diana V. - View image in PDF
photographs by courtesy of Poppyland Photographs. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sugar Creek
POUNDING AGAINST PIER Dover, Kent. At 7.20 a.m. on 2gth November, 1965, the owner of the yacht Sugar Creek informed the life-boat mechanic that the yacht, from which he had just swum, had broken loose from her moorings in the inner harbour...
Pictures Above and Below Show the Longhope Lifeboat, the David and Elizabeth King and E.B., Just Before the Naming Was Done By Mrs. Marian Thornton, An Edinburgh Solicitor's Wife, Who Was N
Pictures above and below show the Longhope lifeboat, the David and Elizabeth King and E.B., just before the naming was done by Mrs. Marian Thornton, an Edinburgh solicitor's wife, who was nominated by the family of Miss Charlotte A. King... - View image in PDF
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The Life-Boat
The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of the different types of Life-boats used in the Institution's service. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view. Fig. 2 the " plan " or deck view. Fig....
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