LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Tuesday, 22nd August, 1933.
Paid £20,466 10s. lid. for the total charges of the Institution during the month, including rewards for services, payments for the con- struction of life-boats, life-boathouses and slipways,...
Category: Committee
The Life-Boat Stamp Club
THE Life-boat Stamp Club, which was started at the end of 1933 by Miss Margaret Power, of Mount Royal, Old Qommon, Cobham, Surrey, honorary secretary of the Cobham branch of the Institution, now has a branch of its own at Cromer. This branch...
Category: Articles
The Torpedo Boat Destroyer Success
During a severe S.E. gale on the 27th December the Torpedo-boat Destroyer Success ran ashore on the rocky coast at Kingsbarns, about six miles from St. Andrews. The vessel was steaming south, and in the darkness, without any shore lights to...
The G.P.O. Jokes
THE honorary secretary of the Porth- dinllaen life-boat station has been both surprised and amused, on receiv- ing the copy of an agreement for a telephone, to find his occupation given, as " prevention of life from...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Service Abroad
UNITED STATES.
THE Annual Report of the United States Life-Saving Service for the year ending 30th June, 1912, has been received, and we extract the following details.
Attention is drawn to the fact that...
Category: Articles
Centenaries of Life-Boat Stations. Presentation of Vellums Signed By the Prince of Wales
Presentation of Vellums signed by the Prince of Wales.
TEN presentations of Centenary Vellums to Stations have taken place during the past summer, making the total of such Vellums presented forty-three. Nine of these...
Category: Articles
The Former Ship's Boat Helen
Montrose, Angus. At 3.9 on the afternoon of the 10th of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small motor launch had broken down three quarters of a mile off Usan. At 3.25 the life-boat The Good Hope was launched...
The Cuttle and Thorpe Grange
TOWED TO MOORINGS At 7.30 a.m. on 6th October, 1964, the nightwatchman reported that the reserve life-boat The Cuttle appeared to be dragging her anchor inside Spurn Point, in the rough seas and near gale force westerly winds. At 7.50 the...
The Organiser of the City of Edinburgh Lifeboat Appeal
People from all walks of life like to help the RNLI and this fact was certainly demonstrated recently. The organiser of the City of Edinburgh lifeboat appeal were delighted to receive a cheque for £35 from the residents of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Details of the Control Board
The motor mechanic is standing at the top of the ladder leading down to the engine-room.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs