LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mr. William Potter, Late Assistant Surveyor of Life-Boats
Mr. William Potter, at one time Assistant Surveyor of Life-boats, died on 4th May last, at the age of ninety- four. The son of a dockyard shipwright, he was born in 1831, was apprenticed as a shipwright at Woolwich. Dockyard, and was later...
Category: Obituaries
Louisa
TENBY.—During a strong gale from the S.E. and a heavy sea on the morning of the 1st January, 1888, signals of distress were shown by the ketch Louisa, of Cardiff, bound for Tenby with a cargo of coal, which was lying at anchor in Caldy Koads...
Correct Method of Holding An Icarus Rocket for Firing (The Firing Lever Is Shown In Its Cocked Position at the Base of the Right-Hand Thumb).
Correct method of holding an Icarus rocket for firing (the firing lever is shown in its cocked position at the base of the right-hand thumb).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In Trifle a 40' Trimaran Built at Wadesbridge In 1966 General Farrant Found a Cruising Boat Which Would Plane Like a Dinghy In Her He Held the Record for the Offshore Cryst
In Trifle, a 40' trimaran built at Wadesbridge in 1966, General Farrant found a cruising boat which would plane like a dinghy. In her he held the record for the offshore Crystal Trophy race from 1968-1975—and completed a Round the Island... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
For Her Righting Trials She Was Hauled Over By Crane (Left and Bottom Left) the Strops Being Tripped (Below Right) When She Was Fully Inverted Within Seconds (Bottom Page 49 J She Had Righted An
For her righting trials she was hauled over by crane (left and bottom left), the strops being tripped (below right) when she was fully inverted. Within seconds (bottom, page 49 j she had righted and cleared the water from her... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Category: Advertisement
Books
• Now that This is Rough Weather Sailing has been written by Erroll Bruce, everyone thinking of going offshore, cruising or racing, should read it. Those whose interest is purely in the work of the rescue services should read it, too, for it...
Category: Articles
The Wreck Register and Chart
ONCE more we are in a position to present to our readers a review of the casualties in shipping, the loss of life incurred, and the lives saved by the Institution in the year ending June 30th, 1912, based upon the Abstracts of Shipping...
Category: Articles
The Isabel, of Liverpool
On the 18th September, at 5 a.m., a small schooner was observed to be on shore on the North Bar, off Barmouth, on the Welsh coast, her crew being lashed in the rigging. The life-boat of the NA- TIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION was, as quickly as...
On Sunday June 5 Mr and Mrs Jack Bunn Were Hosts at the Maybush Inn Newbridge-On-Thames for the Maybush Jubilee Festival and Regatta Organised With Witn
On Sunday, June 5, Mr and Mrs Jack Bunn were hosts at the Maybush Inn, Newbridge-on-Thames, for the Maybush Jubilee Festival and Regatta, organised with Witney branch. Sheep dog handling, country dancing, tug-of-war and an evening of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs