LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Shamrock
— Early on the morning of the 9th March the coast- guard reported that a barge was drag- ging her anchors and making distress signals west of Castletown pier, Port- land harbour. A strong east breeze was blowing with a rough sea. The weather...
Here and There
FOLLOWING THE RESCUE OH August 12 of a student who had fallen over cliffs at Petit Tor, Torbay ambulance divisional commander, John Bourne, told Torbay honorary secretary, Captain Barry Anderson, how impressed he was with the way the ILB...
Category: Articles
New Life-Boats
ST. ANNE'S-ON-THE-SEA, LANCASHIRE.— The No. 1 Life-boat which has done duty at St. Anne's since 1886 has been re- placed by a new boat of the Liverpoo1 type, 36 feet long by 9 feet wide, fitted with two water-ballast tanks, and row-...
Category: Inaugurations
RNLI FAMILY: Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present
Tying the knot
Congratulations to Bundoran Crew Members Laura McNulty and Richard Gillespie, who got married in July. Lifeboating must be in their blood, because both Laura and Richard have family on the crew. Laura’s dad,...
Category: Articles
Sir William Hillary, Founder of the Institution
WHEN, in March, 1920, I paid my first visit to the Isle of Man, I did so for a double reason. I wanted to see all the Isle of Man Stations and to have the advantage of meeting the Honorary Secretaries and Committees. But the main object in...
Category: Articles
Past and Present
50 years ago LIFE-BOAT BULLETIN No.24 1946 A year of peace In the twelve months from the end of the war in Europe on 8 May 1945, life-boats rescued 677 lives.
That is an average of 56 lives a month and is only 50 lives less...
Category: Articles
Remarks on the Gales of October and November, 1863
By VICE-ADMIRAL Fitz-Roy, F.R.S.
AFTER an unusual continuance of stormy weather—remarkable even in the equinoctial period of our zone—it may interest some of the readers of the Life-boat Journal to hear a few of the...
Category: Articles
The Admiralty Register of Wrecks for 1854
THE Admiralty Register of the Wrecks that have occurred on the coasts of the United Kingdom during the year 1854 has just been published by order of the House of Commons, accompanied by the Wreck Chart of the British Isles for the same...
Category: Articles
SPECIAL DELIVERY
Last issue’s Father of Forecast piece charting the life of Robert FitzRoy certainly caught the imagination – here are just some of the many letters and emails we received …
'A FANTASTIC READ'
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Category: Articles
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1892
SIR EDWARD BIRKBECK, BART., M.P., V.P., IN THE CHAIR.
Moved by The Bight Hon. Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, Bart., M.P., President of the Board of Trade.
Seconded by Sir EDWARD BIRK- BECK, Bart., M.P.,...
Category: Meetings