LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
H.R.H. The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
H.R.H. THE PRINCESS LOUISE, Duchess of Argyll, who died on 3rd December, 1939, at the age of ninety-one, had for many years been personally associated with the work of the Institution. She became president of its Kensington branch in 1914....
Category: Obituaries
A Rescue Off the Minquiers Reef
AT 3.10 early on the morning of the 15th of December, 1953, the harbour radio station reported that the motor vessel Brockley Combe, of Bristol, had wirelessed that she had struck the Minquiers Reef and needed help immediately. The Brockley...
Category: Services
The National Life-Boat Institution of Japan
THIS enterprising and interesting Insti- tution was established in 1889, its object being "the saving of life and property appertaining to ships in distress off the coasts of Japan." Its affairs are successfully managed and worked...
Category: Articles
A Book on the Cornish Life-Boats
THE seaboard of Cornwall can present two faces—the milder one—that usually seen by the summer visitor—is a pleasant one of sun-baked sands, regular lines of surf delightful for bathing, quaint houses and harbours, and granite rocks arranged...
Category: Articles
The Great Gale of February, 1871
Memorial Service at Bridlington.
THIS year, as for many years past, Bridlington held a memorial service for the six Bridlington life-boatmen who lost their lives in the great gale of 10th February, 1871.
Category: Articles
Tests of the Reliability of Life-Belts
Rigorous tests have been carried out on the life-belts issued by the Institution to members of life-boat crews following some rather disturbing reports issued by the Danish Ministry of Commerce and Shipping on the effects of oil on kapok...
Category: Articles
The Belgian Fishing Trawler Amelie Suzanne
BELGIAN TRAWLER AIDED A BELGIAN fishing trawler, which ran ashore near Salcombc, Devon, on 1st April, 1972, led to the local life-boat being launched soon after 1.30a.m.
The wind was westerly, force 5 to 6, with a moderate...
Titanic – The Ship That Never Sank?
Titanic – The Ship That Never Sank?
By Robin Gardiner
Review by Jon Jones
In 1912 the unthinkable happened – the unsinkable Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg. Or did it? It seems that for...
Category: Articles
The Late Mr. Joseph Devlin, M.P.
THE death recently in Belfast of Mr.
Joseph Devlin, the Nationalist Member of Parliament, recalls a notable appeal which he made on one occasion at the annual meeting of the Belfast Branch of the Institution in the Belfast...
Category: Obituaries
How Can I Help the Institution?
The continuation of the article " How can I help the Institution ? A Note for keen Honorary Secretaries and Workers," by Mr. George F. Shee, Secretary of the Institution, will appear in the November issue of The...
Category: Articles