LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mary Lloyd and Elizabeth
FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.—While a strong gale was blowing from N. accompanied by a heavy sea, thick weather, rain and hail, on the evening of the llth April, the three-masted schooner Mary Lloyd, of Carnarvon, laden with slates, from...
When Stanley Brett District Engineer (North West) Retired After 38 Years Service Motor Mechanics from Lifeboat Stations In All Parts of the North West of England and W
When Stanley Brett, district engineer (north west), retired after 38 years service, motor mechanics from lifeboat stations in all parts of the north west of England and Wales gathered at the Grange Hotel, Rhyl, to wish him well. Mr Brett,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Centenarian's Last Gift
THE Institution has received from the family of Mrs. Barber, of Haslemere, Surrey, who died in June at the age of 102, a gift of twelve guineas. - This gift is the response, from twenty-nine of her family and friends, to...
Category: Donations
Birte, of Copenhagen
OCTOBER 4TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 6.35 in the morning, the Deal coastguard reported a steamer aground on the Goodwin Sands. An easterly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was...
Tranquillity (1)
Barrow, Lancashire.—During the after- noon of the 8th of September, 1954, the Walney Island coastguard noticed a fishing boat near Half-Way buoy and saw later that she had anchored a mile south of it. At five o'clock the coast- guard...
Lifeboat Services
LIFEBOAT WORKS INSIDE SURF LINE TO SAVE FISHERMEN Skipper plucked to safety through wheelhouse window in 30ft seas and Force 9 gale Coxswain Alan Thomas of the Tenby lifeboat has been awarded the RNLI's silver medal for bravery following...
Category: Services
The Use of Oil at Sea. By Lieut. John P. Holditch, R.N.R.
IN April, 1883, the ship I commanded was homeward bound from Australia to Cork, for orders; we were just off New Zealand, about the worst place "for wind till you come to Cape Horn on the passage.
A heavy N.W. gale...
Category: Articles
Inaugural Ceremony of the Aberystwyth Motor Life-Boat
THE inaugural ceremony of the new motor life-boat was held at Aberystwyth on 20th April, in the presence of a large audience. The Earl of Lisburne, Lord- Lieutenant of Cardiganshire, the Bishop of St. David's and the Mayor and Mayoress...
Category: Inaugurations
Every second counts
Two lifeguards raced to reach a kitesurfer as he was dragged under water towards rocks. Somehow they had to slow him down
On the afternoon of Tuesday 7 June, RNLI lifeguards watched a...
Category: Articles
Frame and Skin
The first skin of mahogany being put over the framework of rock elm and oak on the 41-feet Beach type of motor life-boat stationed at Dungeness. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs