LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the February, March, April, May, June and July Meetings of the Committee of Management
February Meeting.
Arklow, Co. Wicklow At about 7 P.M. on the 15th December, 1935, five men in the 30-feet motor boat St.
Brendan were engaged hauling their nets when cries for help were heard from...
Category: Services
The Naming of Rnlb Ann Ritchie Oban
ON SATURDAY May 7 a damp, overcast morning overshadowed the preparations at Oban for the naming ceremony of the first 33ft Brede lifeboat to go on station. As the time of the ceremony drew nearer, however, the weather improved and a warm,...
Category: Inaugurations
Snowdon Range
The steam- ship Snowdon Range, of Sunderland, which passed through and survived such a succession of misfortunes in mid- Atlantic, came very near to being wrecked when being towed into harbour on the 14th January. The disabled steamer was...
Centenary of the Boulogne Life-Boat Society
By Major C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., R.E., Deputy Secretary of the Institution.founder, Sir William thus a few months THE Societe Humaine et des Naufrages de Boulogne-sur-Mer was founded in August, 1825, by the joint efforts of two members...
Category: Articles
The Danish Motor Fishing Vessel Opal
HUGE WAVE UPSET LIFE-BOAT ON the evening of 20th January last year the Danish motor fishing vessel Opal sailed from Buckle and set a course for the Fladden fishing grounds. At about 10.30 p.m. it was discovered that the engine room was...
A Night on the Goodwin Sands
ON the 20th of April last a grievous disaster occurred on the Goodwin Sands, which resulted in the loss of a Norwegian brig, The Auguste Herman Francke, with six hands out of a crew of seven all told.
All day on the 20th a...
Category: Articles
Sergeant F. J. Tobin, of the Irish Free State Civic Guard. Awarded the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum
Sergeant F J Tobin of the Irish Free State Civic Guard Awarded The Thanks of the Institution Inscribed On Vellum. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Relatives and Friends Watching the Arrival from Scrabster of the Kirkwall Lifeboat Bringing Home to Hoy the Seven Coffins
Relatives and friends watching the arrival from Scrabster of the Kirkwall lifeboat bringing home to Hoy the seven coffins. …. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Above: Roy Castle and the Crew of Yarmouth Lifeboat at the Making of the Shipshapes Video for Children
Above: Roy Castle and the crew of Yarmouth lifeboat at the making of the Shipshapes video for children.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rnlb the Duke of Cornwall
RNLB The Duke of Cornwall, a 52ft Burnett class lifeboat, until recently stationed at The Lizard/Cadgwith, on passage between Hayle and St Ives. Well, actually, it's a model of her and she and two other lifeboat models, the creations of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs