LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain Evan Wright, of Pwllheli, Caernarvon- shire. He served as second coxswain from June, 1905, until January, 1912.
He was then appointed coxswain, so that he has been coxswain for...
Category: Articles
List of the Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution During the Year 1878
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Category: Services
Theodorus, of Liverpool
On the 30th October, during a gale from W.N.W., the schooner Theodorus, of Liverpool, was stranded on the north-west end of the Salt- house Bank. The Robert William life-boat put out and brought ashore 12 of the crew.
The...
Shields, of Cork
On the 18th June the Iris Life-boat also went out to the assistance of the brig Shields, of Cork, which had gone on the Mahon Rocks, off the coast of Wexford, while the wind was blowing from the W.S.W. The Life-boat remained by the vessel...
His Majesty King Constantine of the Hellenes
His Majesty King Constantine | of the Hellenes makes his address before presenting the awards in the Royal Festival N Hall. The King is an experigf enced yachtsman and won an Olympic Gold Medal in the Dragon class in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Gold Coast Again
THE interest of the natives of the Gold Coast in the life-boat service has on several occasions been mentioned in this journal. The Institution has received letters from them written to it as a general stores, as " the best dealers in...
Category: Correspondence
Statement of the Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, During the Year 1861
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Category: Services
Member of the Institution's Staff Killed
A member of the Institution's staff, Mr. Thomas Edgar Langridge, was killed last Christmas morning. He was cycling along a snow-bound road in Wembley, near his home, when he collided with a motor car. Two hours later he died in hospital...
Category: Obituaries
Ellen Owens, of Cardigan
On the 12th December, in a heavy gale from S.S.W., the smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan, at anchor in Fishguard Bay, was observed to be driving, and to have a signal of distress hoisted. The Fishguard life-boat was soon launched, and proceeded...
Troon Lifeboat City of Glasgow III Alongside the Frigate Hms London
Troon lifeboat City of Glasgow III alongside the frigate IIMS London on her wuv to the handing over ceremony. photograph by courtesy of D C Thomson & C'o Lid. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs