LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ceremonies
Glasgow, October 23/24, 1987 On a bright but cool autumn morning the new 52ft Arun class lifeboat Citv of Glasgow III. now on station at Troon, arrived on the River Clyde in readiness to play the starring role in proceedings which, the...
Category: Inaugurations
Broughty Castle
DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.—On the 6th February, while a gale of wind was blowing from the S.S.W. and a heavy sea was running, the schooner Broughty Castle, of Londonderry, coal laden, from Swansea for Douglas, was being towed into port by a small...
Josse
Crew overboard during yacht rescue The Thanks of the Institution on Vellum has been awarded to helmsman Duane Brown of Walmer lifeboat after the rescue of three Belgians from their yacht Josse,aground on the Goodwin Sands, in strong winds...
The Greek Steamer Germania Aground Near Beachy Head
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Category: Photographs
Services of Life-Boats
HARTLEPOOL. SEAMEN'S LIFE-BOAT.—This boat, of the establishment of which, by the seamen of Hartlepool, we gave a description in our last number, has soon had opportunities for rendering essential service, and so of effecting the humane...
Category: Services
Tempora Mutantur Et Nos Mutamur In Illis
THE almost total disappearance of the old-fashioned small sailing coaster, the place of which baa been taken by steamers, coupled with the vastly improved con- ditions under which the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland are lighted, has...
Category: Articles
A 24-Hour Darts Marathon Was Staged Last March By the Darts Team of the Royal William Camber In Aid of Rye Harbour Ilb and Dungeness Lifeboat Stations Althoug
A 24-hour darts marathon was staged last March by the darts team of the Royal William, Camber, in aid of Rye Harbour ILB and Dungeness lifeboat stations. Although only 200 people live in Camber there was no shortage of helpers and in the 24... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Pulling and Sailing Life-Boat's Record Journey
AT the same time that the Aberdeen Motor Life-boat was on her way north from Cowes, up the East Coast, a Pulling and Sailing Life-boat was en- gaged on an equally noteworthy journey down the West Coast of Scotland. This was the Pulling and...
Category: Articles
Relief Fleet -D Class British Diver Hi C Class British Diver Iv
Two new inshore lifeboats funded by the British Sub Aqua club were named and dedicated at a special ceremony on 24 October. This is believed to be the first 'double ceremony' for inshore lifeboats.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Annual Meeting
THE annual meeting was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 13th of March, 1951, with Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Committee of Management, in the chair.
H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, Presi- dent of the...
Category: Meetings