LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Motor Fishing Vessels Pilot Me and Gem
DECEMBER 4TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
At five in the morning the local motor fishing vessels Pilot Me and Gem put to sea in bad weather. During the morning the weather worsened and at one o’clock the coastguard reported that a...
Carved Wood Stern Ornament from the Indian Chief Which Was Wrecked on the Long Sands on 5Th January, 1881, Survivors Being Taken Off By the Ramsgate, Kent, Life-Boat Next Day. the Orname
Carved wood stern ornament from the Indian Chief which was wrecked on the Long Sands on 5th January, 1881, survivors being taken off by the Ramsgate, Kent, life-boat next day. The ornament—it commemorates a famous rescue—is preserved at the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Right) the Duke of Kent President of the Rnli at the Banqueting House Reception With (I to R) Mrs Siler Admiral Owen W Siler Commandant of the Us Coast Gua
(Right) The Duke of Kent, President of the RNLI, at the Banqueting House reception with (I. to r.) Mrs Siler, Admiral Owen W. Siler, Commandant of the US Coast Guard, and Dr L. Shackleton Fergus, a member of the appeal committee. (Above)... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Norwegian Dream and the Container Vessel Ever Decent (2)
Collision Aftermath The collision between the cruise liner Norwegian Dream and the container vessel Ever Decent off the coast of Kent in the early hours of Tuesday 24 August 1999 comes as a sharp reminder of how important it is to be...
"Prudential." Naming Ceremony of the New Ramsgate Motor Life-Boat
Naming Ceremony of the new Ramggate Motor Life-boat.
THE naming ceremony of this, the first of a new type of Motor Life-boat, took place on 14th April last in the Inner Harbour at Ramsgate. The full cost of the Boat,...
Category: Articles
Honorary Workers of the Institution. No. 2. Mr. W. J. Oliver, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Sunderland Branch
MR. W. J. OLIVER is not only one of the most devoted and indefatigable of the Honorary Secretaries who carry out the difficult and responsible task of administering the Station Branches, but he is himself a practical Life-boat man. His skill...
Category: Articles
The American Steamer Park Holland, of Portland, Maine
MARCH 25TH. - STORNOWAY, HEBRIDES, CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, AND BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. At 6.45 in the morning the coastguard reported to the Stornoway life-boat station that a steamer was ashore three-quarters of a mile south of Glas...
Appeal on Behalf of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The Angel of Death laughed aloud in his glee, As he wildly careered o'er the pitiless sea : To the winds and the waters he spake but a word, And the wind and the waters grew mad as they heard.
He laid his cold hand on...
Category: Poetry
International Congress of the Breton Life-Saving Society
A VERY interesting International Con- gress on life-saving took place at St.
Malo, Brittany, between the 4th and 12th August. It had been organised by La Soci6te des Hospitaliers Sauveteurs Bretons, in celebration of their...
Category: Articles
The Duke of Kent President of the Rnli Receives the "Large" Cheque for £9136372 from Four Young Scouts Representing Northern Ireland Scotland Wales and England:
The Duke of Kent, President of the RNLI, receives the "large" cheque for £91,363.72 from four young Scouts representing Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England: it was one of the happiest moments at the 1975 Annual... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs