LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Coxwain William Sutherland, of Anstruther
The Anstruther station has lost not only one of its honorary secretaries, but, by the death of ex-Coxswain William Sutherland on 31st October, one of the oldest of its life-boatmen.
He joined the crew in 1894 and was...
Category: Obituaries
Rnli News
Reasons to celebrate The opening of Ramsey's new hoathouse in a ceremony on 6 April was much welcomed by all.
The new boathouse. situated at the north end of the south promenade, has been specially designed to house the...
Category: Articles
List of Donations and Annual Subscriptions
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Category: Donations
Cover Picture
The 37ft Oakley class lifeboat Jane Hay, stationed at Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. She was built in 1964 and was originally at St Abbs in Scotland, later entering the relief fleet. Jane Hay arrived at Newcastle in 1980 and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H. R. H. the Duke of Kent, K.G.
The death of the Duke of Kent in an air accident on August 2jth. is a very great loss to the life-boat service. Of all the members of the Royal Family who have been associated with it since its foundation none has taken a more generous and...
Category: Articles
Annie, of Padstow
ABERSOCH.—At 9 A.M. on the 30th Jan.
the schooner Annie, of Padstow, bound from Dublin to Bristol, was observed with signals of distress flying while riding at anchor in St. Tudwell's Roads. It wasblowing a hard gale...
Sea Cities of the Future
OFFSHORE cities, each with a population of 30,000 or more, and providing all the facilities and amenities of land-based ones, seem like a fantasy from science fiction, yet they could become a reality in a matter of...
Category: Articles
The War Record Year By Year. The 3rd of September, 1939, to the 8th of May, 1945
Year 1939 Launches of Life-boats to ships in distress on account of the War Total launches "f Life-boats Lives Rescued by Life-boats Lives Rescued by Shore-boats r • Medals „ ive% , awarded to *X$ *«...
Category: Services
Leaf from Lloyd's List
AN interesting tabular return has just been published in Lloyd's List of the casualties to shipping, reported to Lloyd's during, the month of January last. They are thus classified : vessels totally wrecked, 145; part of cargo saved,...
Category: Articles
Mr. Claude Hart of the Lizard
MR. CLAUDE M. HART, secretary of the station at The Lizard, Cornwall, retired at the end of last September after serving for 39 years. He had then passed his 79th year. He brought to his work for the Life-boat Service a great love of the sea...
Category: Articles