LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Four New Scottish Life-Boats Named
DURING the month of August, 1961, no fewer than four new life-boats were named in Scotland. The ceremonies took place at Aith on the 2nd August, at Whitehills on the 12th August, at Port- patrick on the 16th August, and at Buckie on the 26th...
Category: Inaugurations
The Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G., and the Lifeboat Cause
At the Annual Meeting of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, on the 17th March last, the EARL off SHAFTESBURY was present, and delivered the following interesting speech. He said:— " The Committee of this society has conferred ! upon me...
Category: Articles
Special delivery
OLD LIFEBOAT, NEW COUNTRY
Some years after I had retired as Mallaig lifeboat Coxswain/Mechanic, I discovered that my old Arun class lifeboat (pictured) had been sold to the Icelandic Rescue Service. So, after a deal of...
Category: Articles
Golden Charter
YOUR CHILDREN PROBABLY WON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
HAVE YOU EVER tried to speak to your family about when you're gone? If they don't want to listen, it's not because they don't care. They simply...
Category: Advertisement
An Aeroplane (21)
MAY 23RD. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
It was feared that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £18 0s. 3d..
Services by Shore-Boats (10)
BURRAFIRTH, LERWICK, SHETLANDS. At 1.52 P.M. on the 20th October, 1939, the coastguard asked the Lighthouse Shore Station at Burrafirth to send its boat to pick up the crew of the S.S. Sea Venture, of London, which had been sunk by enemy...
Category: Services
June
FOUR GALWAY BAY MEDALS On the 16th January, 1962, the Galway Bay life-boat rescued eight men and a dog from the Dutch coaster June.
A full account of this service, for which four bronze medals for gallantry were awarded,...
Management of Boats In a Surf and Broken Water. Second Article
IN our last Number we published some remarks on the management of boats in a surf and broken water, embodying the substance of inquiries made on various parts of the coasts of the United Kingdom, together with our own comments on the same...
Category: Articles
One of the Delightful Watercolours Specially Commissioned for Brian Martin's Tales of Time and Tide'. This Is the Lowestoft Lifeboat Sucesfully Rescuing a Cow - O
One of the delightful watercolours specially commissioned for Brian Martin's Tales of Time and Tide'. This is the Lowestoft lifeboat sucesfully rescuing a cow - one of the tales recounted by Tommy Knott..
Category: Drawings
A Steam Drifter
JUNE 21ST. - COVERACK, CORNWALL.
A steam drifter appeared to be on fire, but another drifter took her in tow. It was later learned that her engines had broken down.- Rewards, £7 16s. 6d..