LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Danish Vessel Irene Frijs
Wick, Caithness-shire. At 4.45 a.m.
on 3rd November, 1965, the harbourmaster was informed that the Danish vessel Irene Frijs of Copenhagen was arriving in Wick Bay to land two injured seamen. The vessel unfortunately...
Feature: Safety at the Seaside
Imagine you're on a beach in the summer sun. Nearby there's a family enjoying a day out. One child is building a huge sandcastle and another is playing in the water with friends.
Their laughter and excited shouts...
Category: Articles
The Life-Belt Used By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The requisite qualities of a Life-boat man's life- belt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy, 22 Ibs., to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides...
Category: Articles
The Life-Belt Used By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The requisite qualities of a Life-boat man's life- belt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy, 22 Ibs., to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides himself...
Category: Articles
The Life-Belt Used By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The requisite qualities of a Life-boat man's lifebelt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy, 22 Ibe., to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides...
Category: Articles
The Life-Belt Used By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The requisite qualities of a Life-boat man's lifebelt are— 1. Sufficient extra bouyanoy, 22 Ibs., to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides...
Category: Articles
The Danish Life-Saving Service
FROM a communication received a short time since from Horr ANDERSEN, the Inspector of the Danish Life-saving Service, we learn that on the occasion of the visit of H.M. The KING OF DENMARK to the Skaw, on the 24th July last, a tabulated...
Category: Services
Three Pleasure Boats, the Sea Pearl, the Sea Otter and the Endeavour
Fog bound ON March 11 two pleasure boats, the Sea Pearl and the Sea Otter, w i t h fishing parties aboard were reported overdue in Ayr harbour.At 6.30 p.m. the Troon lifeboat Conncl Elizabeth Car gill slipped her moorings to make a search in...
The Life-Boat Service Abroad
WE think it will be of interest to our readers to have a brief survey of the Life-boat services of the world, so far as the recent statistics of their activities are available. We have, therefore, com- piled the following notes from the...
Category: Articles
When Grange Infants' School Invited Hartlepool Crew Members Les Pounder and Ron Latcham to Visit Them In July
When Grange Infants' School invited Hartlepool crew members Les Pounder and Ron Latcham to visit them in July it was to present them with a cheque for £712.58. The children had added up this impressive sum for the lifeboats with a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs