LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
CEMLY.N, ANGLESEY, AND HARTLEPOOL.— THE B.OY.AL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has provided these Life-boat Stations with new ten-oared boats of the newest type, 34 feet long and 8 feet wide, each being provided with three water-ballast...
Category: Articles
Zetland
The 200th anniversary of Henry Greathead's Original, THE LIFEBOAT Spring 1990, aroused considerable interest, and we continue the story of early lifeboats with a brief history of Greathead's only survivor... Zetland Henry...
Category: Articles
Don
Signals of distress having been shown by the Middle Light Vessel on the 16th February, the Life-boat Albert Edward was launched at 1.15 A.M., proceeded to the Lightship and was informed that a vessel was ashore on the Maplin...
Retirement of Commander T. Holmes, R.N.
IT is with great regret that we have to announce the retirement, under the age limit, of Commander Thomas Holmes, R.N., the Chief Inspector of Life-boats, on completing twenty-seven years' service, and we feel sure that our regret will...
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Scrivens
"MY HEARING AND HAPPINESS - I'VE REDISCOVERED BOTH!" "I'm not deaf but I am hard of hearing", (iwen Banks of Plymouth told us.
"My hearing problem gradually got worse over the years until it...
Category: Advertisement
Anniversary of Grace Darling's Rescue
The 1th September, 1963, was the 25th anniversary of the famous rescue by Grace Darling and her father of survivors from the Forfarshire. The following article, which has been specially written for the Life-boat by Commander W....
Category: Articles
S.S. Fort La Prairie, of London
JUNE 21ST. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
At 7.30 in the morning a message was received from the Kirkwall coastguard that a vessel was ashore on the Little Skerry. A moderate south-east wind was blowing, with a moderate sea and dense...
Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society
THE Annilal Meeting of this Institution wag held at Willis's Rooms on the 31st May. His Grace the DUKE OF MABLBOROUGH, President of the Society, In the Chttjlr; there were also present ft large number of the friends find supporters of...
Category: Meetings
Another Steam Life-Boat
IN 1890 we had the pleasure of placing before our readers full detailed accounts of the first steam Life-boat ever built.
This vessel was a hydraulic steamboat built for the Institution by Messrs. E. and H. Green, of...
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A Steamer (27)
MAY 28TH. - BARRY DOCK, GLAMORGANSHIRE ; ILFRACOMBE, DEVON ; LYNMOUTH, DEVON ; AND MINEHEAD, SOMERSET. A large steamer had caught fire and had sunk after an explosion, but the crew were rescued by patrol vessels. - Rewards : Barry Dock,...