LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Services of French Life-Boats
WE have much pleasure in extracting from the French Life-boat Journal the following interesting account of services performed by the life-boats of the " Societe Centrale de Sauvetage des Naufrages," during the first quarter of the...
Category: Services
Jenny, of Whitby
On the night of the 30th November the same life-boat put off, during stormy weather, and brought safely ashore the crew of 6 men from the brig Jenny, of Whitby, which had struck on the rocks between Souter Point and Whitburn Steel, and soon...
Nature of Services By Inshore Rescue Boats
CLASS Fishing boats — all types Motor vessels, motor boats, etc.
Sailing yachts, sailing dinghies., sailing boats, motor cruisers and motor yachts Aircraft Small boats, canoes, rubber dinghies,...
Category: Services
At Easter Last Year Mrs Shirley Norris of Brixhain Ladies' Guild
At Easier last ear Mrs Shirley Norris of Brixhain ladies' guild opened a 'staircase' stall in the limited space of an estate agents forecourt, by kind permission of Stan Churchill. The £1,000 taken helped to bring the guild... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fanny, of Salcombe
On January 3 the schooner Fanny, of Salcombe, bound from Cardiff to Barbadoes, became a total wreck in Tramore Bay, county Waterford. The vessel had been observed, soon after noon, trying to beat out of the Bay, into "which a heavy sea,...
A Motor Fishing Boat
Blyth, Northumberland. — 19th January, 1939. A local motor fishing boat was overdue, but she got in unaided, after having been delayed by a fouled propeller.—Rewards £14. 9s. 6d..
Victory for the Girls
Wives and girlfriends of Llandudno lifeboat crew showed off their skills during a charity football match against the local police squad in May.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Dynamo
The N.N.E. gale of the 12th January blew with unusual violence at Fishguard, and at 6.30 A.M. signals of distress were made by the s.s. Dynamo, of Hull, in the bay. The Life-boat Charterhouse was launched, but she was delayed for some little...
Letters
Ex-lifeboat A photograph appeared in the spring 1984 issue of THE LIFEBOAT of Hartlepool lifeboat towing in three fishing boats, one of which was Sea Spell. I believe Sea Spell, formerly known as Ladybird, to be an ex-RNLI lifeboat.
Category: Correspondence
Two Motor Life-Boat Inaugural Launches: Arklow and Wick
Two Life-boat launches have taken place this year, those of the Motor Life- boats at Atklow in County Wicklow, and Wick in Caithness-shire.
The Arklow Boat, which is a Self- Righter, 40 feet by 10 feet 6 inches, ! fitted...
Category: Inaugurations