LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Sailing Ship Hamburg, of Hamburg
ON the afternoon of 29th October, a steamer arriving at Kingstown, on the south side of Dublin Bay, reported that a ship had gone ashore. A southerly gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea.
The Motor Life-boat was launched...
At the Height of the Storm
From the painting by Mr. Charles Dixon, R.I., presented by the artist to the Institution..
Category: Drawings
The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on -which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
Category: Articles
The Scarweather Lightvessel
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. — At 10.50 on the morning of the 6th of April, 1951, the Trinity House Super- intendent asked if the life-boat could be launched to land a sick man from the Scarweather lightvessel. No other boat was available,...
The S.S. Baron Inverclyde
DOCTOR TAKEN TO STEAMER IN FOG Barrow, Lancashire. At 10.50 on the morning of the 27th January, 1962, a firm of shipping agents in Barrow told the honorary secretary that the s.s.
Baron Inverclyde of Ardrossan, bound for...
An Aeroplane (28)
Nov. 3RD. - BARRY DOCK, GLAMORGANSHIRE.
It had been reported that what looked like an aeroplane on fire had fallen into the sea. A few seconds later a parachute landed in the same position. It was found later that the...
The Lifeboat Fleet
Station Aberdeen Aberdovey Abersoch Aberystwyth Aith Aldeburgh Alderney Amble Amble Angle Anstruther Appledore Arbroath Arbroath Arklow Arran Arranmore Atlantic College Ballycotton Ballyglass Baltimore Bangor Barmouth Barra Island Barrow...
Category: Articles
The Viking O., of Dublin
JUNE 10TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO.
DUBLIN. At 9.15 in the morning the lifeboat’s assistant motor-mechanic reported a yacht up against the east pier. The wind was blowing very strongly from the northwest, and the sea was rough....
The Sailing Boat Lorelei
TOW FOR SAILING BOAT IN NEAR GALE Howth, Co. Dublin. At 3.10 on the afternoon of the llth August, 1962, a message was received that a sailing boat had capsized off Rush and that no local boat was likely to be able to help. A near gale was...
The Life-Boat Service In 1930
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 91 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 100 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to February 28th, 1931 62,533 The Life-boat Service in 1930.
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Category: Articles