LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
FOR THE PRESERVATION OP LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
OBVERSE.—Bust of His Majesty KING EDWARD VII. Double Legend : " Royal National Life-boat Institution.
Founded in 1824. Incorporated 1860. King Edward VII...
Category: Medals
Svea
Exhausted crew saved at Aldeburgh After 25 hours at sea, the crew of two on the yacht Svea were in real trouble in rough seas near Aldeburgh. The yacht's sails had blown out and the radio was not working. When the Aldeburgh Mersey class...
The Belfast to Liverpool Ferry St Colum I
DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, Sunday January 26, 1986: a woman had suffered a suspected heart attack aboard the Belfast to Liverpool ferry, St Colum I. At 0313 Douglas lifeboat, the 46ft 9in Watson class, R. A. Colby Cubbin No 1, launched with the...
St Simeon (2)
French trawler in distress AT 0401 on the morning of Friday February 15, 1985, Falmouth's 52ft Arun class lifeboat, Elizabeth Ann, left the lee of Falmouth docks heading out to sea on service at full speed. Coxswain Viv Pentecost was at...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
THURSDAY, 9th Juno, 1904.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Head and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
Collapse of An Oil Rig
ON Monday, 2yth December, 1965—Boxing Day—a great many people were appalled on hearing the news of a disaster which had overtaken the oil rig Sea Gem which collapsed and sank in the North Sea. The oil rig, which belonged to the British...
Category: Services
Surf Motor Life-Boats. An Experimental Type
THIS year two motor life-boats of a new, experimental type have been com- pleted and stationed one at Wells, Norfolk, and the other at Ilfracombe, Devon. They are a surf type, and are 2J tons lighter than the light 35 feet 6 inches...
Category: Articles
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
SIDMOUTH, DEVON. — This Life-boat Station has been provided with a new 34 feet 10-oared Life-boat, possessing all the latest improvements and furnished with a transporting carriage. The expense of the change was met by a gift of...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services
Eastern Division Explosion at sea AN EXPLOSION, on the night of November 15, 1973, aboard the 300-ton deep-sea trawler Boston Jaguar, 37 miles 020° (T) from Cromer, Norfolk, left the ship without steering gear, with her mate killed and...
Category: Services
Some Ways of Raising Money
The Dublin lifeboat spring sale of work was held in the Royal Dublin Society on Friday March 9. With over 300 voluntary workers involved it is the single largest fund-raising event in Ireland for the lifeboat service. Mrs...
Category: Articles