LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The American Steamer U.S.O. and Cargo Steamer Andre' Thome' of La Rochelle
NOVEMBER 30TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 11.30 at night the Deal coastguard reported a vessel aground on the Goodwin Sands. A south-easterly wind was blowing and the sea was rough. The motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
SOUTHPORT.—In accordance with the wishes of the crew a second Life-boat has been placed at this station. It is a large sailing boat, 42 feet long, and 13£ feet wide, and is constructed, in conformity with the views of a special...
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Royal National Life-Boat Institution
Royal National Life-Boat Institution.
Patroness — HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
Vice Patron— -His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.
President — His GRACE THE DUKE OF...
Category: Advertisement
The Anchor Liner California
Aranmore and Greencastle, co. Donegal.
—The Anchor liner California, of Glas- gow—a vessel of nearly 9,000 tons register—stranded on the N.W. point of Tory Island, during a dense fog, on the evening of 28th June. She was...
American Honour for the Life-Boat Men of North Deal
IN recognition of their service to the American steamship Piave, the Presi- dent of the United States has presented a gold watch to Coxswain. William Adams, and a Gold Medal to each of the fourteen members of the crew of the Charles Dibdin....
Category: Awards
The Harvest Festival of Two Life-Boats
Two Life-boats, the Martha, of Cresswell, and the Edward and Eliza, of Holy Island, celebrated Harvest Festival by answering the call of vessels in distress. In both cases the crews were actually in church, and the Harvest Festival service...
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Awards to Honorary Workers
DURING February, March, and April, 1921, the following awards were made to Honorary Secretaries of Branches, and to other Honorary Workers, in recognition of their services on behalf of the Institution :— To Miss FLOBENCE EDWARDS, in...
Category: Awards
The Life-Boat Service In Ireland
SINCE 1924 Mr. Timothy Healy, the Governor-General of the Irish Free State, has been the Patron of the Irish Free State District of the Institution, and when he accepted the Patronship he issued an earnest appeal to the people of the Free...
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Realf (2)
New Brighton, Cheshire; Beaumaris, and Moelfre, Anglesey ; Lytham-St. Annes, Lancashire ; and Llandudno, Caernarvonshire.
—25th February. Early in the morning the tanker Realf, of London, which was bound for Liverpool, in...
The S.S. Esbo
Barrow, Lancashire ; Maryport, Cumberland; Ramsey, and Douglas, Isle of Man, October 19th.—On the 18th October the s.s. Esbo, of Helsingfors, left Preston in ballast for Finland. Bad weather was encountered, and the Esbo got into...