LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Annual Report
AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Mansion House, on Friday, the 21st day of March, 1873, The Right Hon. SIR SYDNEY H. WATERLOW, Lord Mayor of London, in the Chair, the following Report of...
Category: Annual Reports
Hamilton Grey of Liverpool
On the 2nd January, 1864, the barque Hamilton Gray, of Liverpool, ran ashore on DundramBar. The Newcastle life-boat proceeded to her, and took off 2 of her crew, when the boat was struck by a heavy sea, and got seriously damaged alongside...
Catherine, of Liverpool
On the llth June, during a fresh gale of wind from the north, the sloop Catherine, of Liverpool, was observed in a dismasted state, with signals of distress flying, about 4 miles off this place. The Rhyl tubular life-boat went off, and...
Practising Beaching to Land Well Clear of Possible Breaking Waves Or Heavy Surf: As the Helmsman Brings the Atlantic 21 Lifeboat In at Speed the Two Crew Members Prepare to Tilt Up the Outboard
Practising beaching, to land well clear of possible breaking waves or heavy surf: as the helmsman brings the Atlantic 21 lifeboat in at speed the two crew members prepare to tilt up the outboard engines clear of the ground.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coonatto, of London,
On the 21st February at 8.30 A.M.
this Life-boat again proceeded to Beachy Head to the assistance of the barque Coonatto, of London, which vessel, while on a voyage from Adelaide to London, with wool and copper, got ashore...
BRINGING 200 TONNES OF TRAWLER HOME
Kieran had to work fast. In high winds, a trawler’s heaving line had got tangled around the lifeboat’s searchlight and radar. Someone had to climb up and cut it loose or the next big swell could bring the gear down …
The...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Florence
On 9th December, 1915, the s.s. Florence, of Stockton, whilst bound from London to Newcastle with a cargo of oil stranded on the "Middle Binks." It was a very dark night and blowing a strong gale, with a terrible sea running over...
A History of Rockets
The First Sixty Years, by C. R.
Thompson, states in the form of a well-illustrated and well-produced booklet the story of the development of the Schermuly pistol rocket apparatus.
It was in May 1897 that...
Category: Articles
Naiad, of Colchester
The Parsee life-boat, at Palling, went out to the stranded schooner Naiad, of Col- chester, and remained alongside the vessel some time, rendering assistance.
Northern Queen, of Lowestoft
Aldeburgh, and Lowes toft, Suffolk.—On the morning of the 14th February, 1938, the Aldeburgh motor life-boat Abdy Beauclerk was launched at 8.30 A.M. on information from the Aldeburgh coastguard that a fishing smack was in distress several...