LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mr. William Adams, Late Coxswain, North Deal
William Adams, Coxswain of the North Deal Life-boat, died on 23rd October last, in his seventy-sixth year. Probably no Life-boat Coxswain was better known to the public, and few have had a more dis- tinguished career. Born on 5th April, 1851...
Category: Obituaries
The Annual Meeting
THE hundred and fifteenth annual meeting of the Governors of the In- stitution was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, at 3 P.M. on Wednesday, 26th April. Over 2,500 people were present.
H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, K.G.,...
Category: Meetings
Menacing Goodwins By Arthur Gaunt
DESPITE their name, there's nothing good about the Goodwin Sands, which comprises three hook-shaped banks off England's south east coast. For centuries these sandbars have been known to seamen as 'The Ship Swallowers', and it...
Category: Articles
Letters
ALL SPICK AND SPAN • I should like to record my appreciation and thanks for THE LIFE-BOAT which reaches me from time to time. It is full of interest and having absorbed the contents I circulate it around my ship.
It is...
Category: Correspondence
University Marine Ltd (Zodiac)
Zodiac, the best inflatable in the world.
Zodiac is Number One. Built by the oldest and best known inflatable manufacturers in the world, Zodiac innatables confirm their pedigree, as soon as the going gets...
Category: Advertisement
Susan Last Who Organises Brightlingsea Lifeboat Collection Also 'Organises' Her Parents Jean and Ernest Last! Mrs Last Is Disabled But In Her Batricar Decorated With
Susan Last, who organises Brightlingsea lifeboat collection, also 'organises' her parents, Jean and Ernest Last! Mrs Last is disabled but in her Batricar decorated with posters and armed with souvenirs for sale, she raised £70.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Offshore Lifeboat Services March April and May 1979
Aldeburgh, Suffolk March 27 and May 26 Amble, Northumberland March 29 Angle, Dyfed April 30 and May 15 Arranmore, Co. Donegal March 9, Hand 18 Barmouth, Gwynedd May 19 Barra Island, Inverness-shire March 24 Barry Dock, South Glamorgan April...
Category: Services
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
SOUTHPORT, LANCASHIRE.—The Life- boat on this station was rapidly becoming unfit for further service, and it has there- fore been replaced by a new 10-oared boat, 34 feet long, and 8J feet wide. The legacy of 5001. bequeathed to the...
Category: Articles
People and Places
LONG SERVICE AWARDS THE LONG SERVICE BADGE for crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years or more has been awarded to: Aldeburgh Second Coxswain J. W. Churchyard Barrow Second Coxswain A. Benson Beaumaris Crew...
Category: Articles
Terrible Life-Boat Disaster at Kingstown
and mercifully disasters resulting in the loss of a whole Life-boat crew are very few and far between, but an accident of this character took place, alas! at Kingstown on Christmas Eve, and was the worst which had befallen the Service for...
Category: Articles