LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Shore Boat Services Rewarded By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution In 1889
Jan. 6.—Three men put off in a boat and saved a boy who had fallen overboard from a boat off Wexford, Ireland.—Reward, 15s.
Jan. 9.—Four men. put off in a coble and saved the crew of five men from the boat of the steamer...
Category: Articles
A Sailing Dinghy
Ten small boats WEST MERSEA deputy launching authority was informed by HM Coastguard at 1652 on Saturday May 26, 1979, that an upturned sailing dinghy had been sighted l'/2 miles east of Shinglehead Point. Maroons were fired and at 1700...
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Category: Advertisement
February floods
16 February: Somerset As the storms continued in to February, floods caused many to be either trapped inside or to evacuate their homes, as well as suffer a loss of livelihood. In a departure from their usual...
Category: Articles
Mrs. Adam Maitland, of Aberdeen
Mrs. Adam Maitland, who died on 5th October, was the founder of the Aberdeen Ladies' Life-boat Guild, and was chiefly responsible, with Mrs.
D. M. Kilgour, now its president, for making it one of the most successful in...
Category: Obituaries
Above: Nick Petch Searches For The Missing Family
Above: Nick Petch searches for the missing family, and Scarborough crew search through the storm Photo: Tony Bartholomew. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Captain H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, E.G., R.N.
FROM the moment that Her Majesty's fine frigate the Galatea* left our shores in the spring of last year, under the command of the youthful Duke of Edinburgh, to visit our colonies in the southern hemisphere, and to convey to them in...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats. Reported to the February, March and April Meetings of the Committee of Management
February Meeting.
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.—On the llth December, 1932, the 4,920- ton steamer Pauline, of Panama, came to anchor in a very dangerous position in Tramore Bay. She was bound, light, from Glasgow to...
Category: Services
The Bird of Dawning
The Bird of Dawning
by John Masefield
Review by
Carol Waterkeyn
The Bird of Dawning is a classic from 1933, recently republished by the National Maritime Museum with an introduction...
Category: Articles
Representatives of Overseas Maritime Authorities and LiEsaving Associations Are Always Welcome at Rnli Headquarters Among Recent Visitors to Poole Was Rear Co
Representatives of overseas maritime authorities and li.esaving associations are always welcome at RNLI headquarters. Among recent visitors to Poole was Rear Commodore J. B. Pearson of North Queensland Squadron, Australian Volunteer Coast... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs