LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Wreck of The Mumbles Life-Boat. The Whole Crew Lost
AT twelve minutes to six on the evening of the 23rd of April, 1947, the life-boat station at The Mumbles, Glamorganshire, received a message from the coastguard that Burnham Radio had picked up a call from the British steamship Samtampa,...
Category: Articles
Centenary of the St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, Station
THE centenary of the life-boat station at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, was cele- brated on 9th August, and a vellum, signed by H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, K.G., President of the Institution, expressing the Institution's apprecia- tion...
Category: Articles
Steam Life-Boats
THE question has often been asked—why are not life-boats propelled by steam power? It is a very natural question when we consider the difficulty of rowing any boat against a strong wind, and the much greater difficulty of doing so when, in...
Category: Articles
The S.S. English Trader (1)
SILVER AND BRONZE MEDAL SERVICES AT CROMER AND GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON OCTOBER 26TH - 27TH. - CROMER, AND GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. About eight in the morning a message came from the Cromer coastguard that the Yarmouth...
Travelscope-1
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Category: Advertisement
Chairman's Message
On behalf of the Committee of Management I send to all boats' officers, crews and launchers, all officers, members and sup- porters of station and financial branches and ladies, guilds, and to all the staff of the Institution at the head...
Category: Committee
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
Lifeboat International By Commander Peter D Sturdee Obe Rn
FIRST EVER LIFEBOAT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION PLYMOUTH: JULY 19 - AUGUST 17LIFEBOAT INTERNATIONAL is the slogan chosen for the International Lifeboat Exhibition which is to be held in West Hoe Park, Plymouth, from July 19 to August 17. It is...
Category: Articles
Made to Measure:
Made to measure: it took Brian Dew (above) six months to build this 1112th scale working model of Padstow's new 47ft Tyne class lifeboat. The model is built of wood andfibreglass, has twin electric motors for propulsion and for operating... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs