LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Wreck Register and Chart for 1878-79
THE last Wreck Register of the British Isles published by the Board of Trade continues to tell the same sad tale of fearful disasters at sea as of yore, last year claiming 3,002 as haying occurred in the seas and on the coasts of the United...
Category: Articles
The Aberdeen Trawler Star of Victory
Wick, Caithness-shire.—The Aber- deen trawler Star of Victory had stranded near Keiss on the 25th Octo- ber, 1939, and, as already described, the Wick life-boat City of Edinburgh helped her on that day and rescued her crew of ten on the...
The shape of things to come
FCB2 is the RNLI’s experimental lifeboat, which is being developed to replace the Mersey class. As we reported last year, the hull proved inadequate in rough weather. A new hull shape has now been chosen, and the RNLI hopes the first...
Category: Articles
Noel II, Golden Gate, Venus, Galilee, Lady Kitchener, et al
The fishing fleet put to sea early on the morning of the 4th February. At about 1 P.M., on 'the flowing tide, the sea made rapidly, and conditions became dan- gerous for the boats. The motor life- boat Margaret Marker Smith was launched...
News from the Branches. 1st July to 30th September
1st July to 30th September.
Greater London.
BALHAM.—Special Life-boat Display at the Pavilion Theatre in connexion with the showing of the film " Atlantic " and collections organized by the...
Category: Branches
Francis Ann, of Goole
During a heavy gale from E.N.E. on the 20th March, the schooner Frances Ann, of Goole, anchored off this place. Soon afterwards the master, find- ing the vessel had sprung a leak and that her pumps were choked, slipped the cable and made for...
The Queen: Patron of the Institution
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give her patron- age to the Institution. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, who has been a patron since 1937, and Her Majesty Queen Mary, who has been a patron since 1911,...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Milwaukee
PORT ERROL., ABERDEENSHIRE.—The Life-boat Frances Camilla Howard was launched at 11 o'clock on the night of the 16th September and proceeded to the s.s. Milwaukee, of Liverpool, which had shown signals of distress, having stranded on...
Over 800 Brownies Guides Cubs and Scouts Took Over Great Yarmouth Beach In April In the Biggest Sponsored Walk the Town Has Known the Aim? to Help Raise The
Over 800 Brownies, Guides, Cubs and Scouts took over Great Yarmouth beach in April in the biggest sponsored walk the town has known. The aim? to help raise the money for four ILBs which Yarmouth and District Round Table plan to give the RNLI... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs