LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Testing of a New Life-Boat
IN November 1908 and in February this year an account was given in the Life-boat Journal of the steps taken to select a new Life-boat, and also some Notes of the way she is built. It may now be of interest to the coxswains and crews who man...
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The Mumbles Lifeboat Memorial Window at All Saints Church Oystermouth Commemorating the Loss of the Eight Crew of the Lifeboat Edward Prince of Wales on Apr
The Mumbles Lifeboat Memorial Window at All Saints Church, Oystermouth, commemorating the loss of the eight crew of the lifeboat Edward, Prince of Wales on April 23, 1947, on service to ss Samtampa, was unveiled on May 6 by the Duke of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Royal Commission on the Mercantile Marine
WE publish the following synopsis of the instructions given to the Royal Commission now inquiring into the condition of the Mercantile Marine of the United Kingdom, the same being given under Her Majesty's sign manual:— VICTORIA E. * * *...
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This Dramatic Photograph Taken from the Bembridge Lifeboat Shows the Coastguard Helicopter
This dramatic photograph taken from the Bembridge lifeboat shows the Coastguard helicopter making a transfer from Jenny Wren south of the Isle of Wight. The rough sea conditions are very evident.. - View image in PDF
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(Right) Bbc Radio Suffolk Talks Live from the Beach to the Duke of Atholl
(right) BBC Radio Suffolk talks live from the beach to The Duke of Atholl who, as Chairman at the time, first announced the fast lifeboat programme. - View image in PDF
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Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
CUMBERLAHD.—On the 17th April, 1866, information was received, during a strong gale from W.S.W., that a schooner was on shore on Dub Mill Scar, about eight miles E N.E. of this place, with a flag of distress flying. In a very short time the...
Category: Services
During the First Benson and Hedges Fair Isle International Yacht Race, Which Was Mentioned In the Y.L.A. Section In the January Edition, the Crew of the Reserve Life-Boat Hilton Briggs from Kirkwa
During the first Benson and Hedges Fair Isle International Yacht Race, which was mentioned in the Y.L.A. section in the January edition, the crew of the reserve life-boat Hilton Briggs from Kirkwall, exercising in the area, towed two of the... - View image in PDF
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The Sailing Boat Maretta Belle, of Troon
MAY 20TH. - TROON, AYRSHIRE. At one in the afternoon the naval authorities enquired about a small boat which had left harbour the previous evening but had not returned. An hour later the life-boat coxswain saw a small sailing boat off the...
The Late Commander Thomas Holmes, R.N.
WE record, with great regret, the death on 20th September, at the age of eighty-one, of Commander Thomas Holmes, R.N., late chief inspector of life-boats. Commander Holmes was a Norfolk man, hailing from Morning- thorpe Manor House, Long...
Category: Obituaries
The Sea Chart: the Illustrated History of Nautical Maps and Navigational Charts
The Sea Chart: the Illustrated History of Nautical Maps and Navigational Charts
by John Blake
Review by Tim Corke
The history of Great Britain has been governed by the sea and maritime...
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