LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
John James, of Chester
The smack John James, of Chester, bound from Dublin to Aberdovey, in ballast, was observed on the morning of the 17th October, in a disabled state, with her sails blown away, while the wind was blowing strong from the N., and the sea was...
The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Act, 1888, and the Rules Framed Under Its Provisions
OUR readers may remember that a recent number of this Journal contained an article on the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Saving Life at Sea. The recommendations of that Committee were in due course embodied in a...
Category: Articles
Elizabeth, of Bridgewater
On the night of the 6th March, lights were observed from Holyhead, n the neighbourhood of the Clipera Rocks.
The life-boat stationed at Holyhead was ac- cordingly launched, and proceeded to the ;pot in the face of a heavy...
Life-Boat Broadcasts During the War
FOUR appeals were made for the Lifeboat Service during the war in "The Week's Good Cause," in the Home Service of the B.B.C. They were made by Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution, Lord Winster, a member of the...
Category: Articles
Menelaos, of Piraeus
Less than twelve hours later the Selsey Life-boat was again called out.
During the afternoon the Crew had stood by, as there was a good deal of traffic in the Channel, and the second call came at 10.20 P.M., when news was...
The Late Lord Lawrence
THE memory of the late distinguished Viceroy of India will, like many of his great predecessors, be long honoured and held in affectionate remembrance. Lord Lawrence took considerable interest in the welfare of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT...
Category: Obituaries
Henrietta, of Memel
One of the most gal- lant Life-boat services ever rendered on the Scotch coast was performed by the Montrose Life-boats on the 21st Decem- ber, it being attended with the greatest risk to some of the brave Life-boat men.
It...
October
Launches 33 Lives rescued 14
OCTOBER 3RD. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
At 8.50 at night a message was received from the Southern Railway Company that a small yacht had fired distress signals off the east pier. A...
Category: Services
An Example of Energy
THE following summary of eight months' work by a new honorary secretary, Miss G. Coventry, of Milford- on-Sea, Hampshire, deserves to be put on record.
A year ago Miss Coventry bought an old life-boat (the Mevagissey,...
Category: Articles
Twenty-Six Children Aged Between Eight and 12 Years from Schools In Kuwait Raised £820 Half for Swanage Lifeboat and Half for Rnli Funds With a Sponsored Team Swim the Children Are All M
Twenty-six children, aged between eight and 12 years, from schools in Kuwait raised £820, half for Swanage lifeboat and half for RNLI funds, with a sponsored team swim. The children are all members of a swimming club run by Mr D. J.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs