LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Although the Majority of the Funding for Exmouth's
Although the majority of the funding for Exmouth's new Trent class Forward Birmingham came from an appeal in the City whose name she bears, her building was only possible because the appeal was topped up by no less than 13 smaller... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Flandres and the Liberian Steamer Trader
Dover and Walmer, Kent. At 2.24 on the morning of the 16th of October, 1957, the Deal coastguard reported that the S.S. Flandres, of Antwerp, had been in collision with the Liberian steamer Trader four miles south-east of the Goodwin Sands,...
Moving With the Times
From humble beginnings in London's Austin Friars, RNLI Head Office has come a long way from its original one-room operation...
The RNLI started life in the City of London, then the financial centre of the world, and the...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Noordam
Walmer Kent.—At 4.20 P.M. on the * 4th October, 1939, the Deal coastguard reported that the s.s. Noordam, of Rotterdam, lying off Deal, had signalled for a boat to take a man ashore for an immediate operation. A strong E. by S. wind was...
Gallant Conduct of Irish Fishermen
IN former numbers of this Journal we have had occasion to point out that the use of the means at hand, in case of shipwreck, although of the rudest and simplest form, may by a little ingenuity and presence of mind, often prove of service in...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Campus
The No. 1 motor life-boat H.F. Bailey was launched at 4.35 P.M. on the 13th February as a message had been received from the coastguard that the s.s. Campus, of Cardiff, was ashore on Haisborough Sands. The Campus, 2,249 tons, was bound from...
The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
Category: Articles
Award of Medals, Gratuities, Etc
THE following is a list of the cases in which the ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK have voted Honorary or Pecuniary Rewards, to persons who have been instrumental in saving lives during the year...
Category: Medals
The S.S. Perou and the S.S. Vittoria Claudia (2)
Dungeness, and Dover, Kent; and Hastings, Sussex.—At four o'clock on the morning of the 16th of November, 1953, the Lade coastguard telephoned the Dungeness life-boat station that the S.S. Perou, of Havre, had reported that she had been...