LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Arklow Lightvessel's Tender Willie Wag
Arklow, Co. Wicklow.—At 12.43 on the afternoon of the 1st of June, 1953, the Arklow lightvessel wirelessed that her tender Willie Wag, of Arklow, with a crew of four, had broken down after leaving the lightvessel. This message was heard...
The Panamanian Motor Vessel Pacific Trader
Walmer, Kent - At 3.45 p.m. on 2yth December, 1966, a large steamer was thought to be aground near the B.I.
buoy on the Brake Sands. Visibility was poor and the vessel was just visible. The life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil...
The White Rose of Yorkshire (Right)
The White Rose of Yorkshire (right), escorted by the D class inflatable lifeboat, the Duke of Kent flew north to Staithes where he watched a demonstration launch and crash net recovery of the Atlantic 21 lifeboat. After visiting Redcar he... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Screw Steamer Tuskar, of Glasgow
At about 7 o'clock in the evening of the 26th February, the screw steamer Tuskar, \ of Glasgow, bound from Dundee to Liver- j pool, got on shore, in heavy weather, on the Abertay Sand Bank, at the mouth of , the Kiver Tay, A heavy sea...
Communication Between Stranded Vessels and the Shore
Otra readers, and indeed the public in general, are aware of the complete means that exist around the shores of these islands for effecting communication with stranded and wrecked vessels, in the shape of life- boats, and the rocket and...
Category: Articles
Left: the Lifeboat Crew Help the Third Casualty Into the Lifeboat As His Two Friends Look On.
Left: The lifeboat crew help (he third casualty into the lifeboat as his tWO friends look On. F-Kture DenmsWeller. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
THE annual meeting of the Committee was held on the 10th January last, at the General Post Office, Mr. W. H. HAINES, of the House of Lords, presiding. The report, read by Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, F.R.G.S., the honorary secretary, stated that the...
Category: Meetings
Life-Boat Services of the World: Belgium
By E. Pierrard, Director-General for the Belgian Marine Administration.THE establishment of the Service for the Saving of the Shipwrecked on the Belgian coast dates from 1838, when the Belgian Government decided to provide an organization....
Category: Articles
The Selsey Crew As Santa Claus
On the gangway to the Boathouse, with presents for the men of the Owers Lightship from the people of Bognor Regis and Selsey. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Their Majesties the King and Queen: Patrons
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 132 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 35 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to March 31st, 1937 65,096 Their Majesties the King and Queen :...
Category: Committee