LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Works of Peace. Life-Boat Services In 1869 and 1870
AMIDST wars and rumours of wars, whilst | the two leading nations of Western Europe are engaged in mortal strife—amidst the groans and cries of tens of thousands of wounded and dying men, and the tears and lamentations of countless numbers...
Category: Articles
Support for the American!British Lifeboat Appeal is growing on both sides of the Atlantic. In New York last September, after a Silver Jubilee performance by the Band of the Grenadier Guards and the Pipes and Drums of the Scots Guards, a reception in
Support for the American!British Lifeboat Appeal is growing on both sides of the Atlantic. In New York last September, after a Silver Jubilee performance by the Band of the Grenadier Guards and the Pipes and Drums of the Scots Guards, a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Maid of Kent
RYE.—The night patrol reported that signals of distress were being made by a vessel off the west end of Broom Hill on the 24th November. The crew of the Mary Stanford Life-boat were immediately assembled, and the Boat put off at 8...
The Aberdeen Trawler Evergreen
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire On the 18th January the Aberdeen trawler Evergreen was wrecked at Rosehearty.
The motor life-boat Lady Rothes rescued the crew of nine.—Rewards, bronze medal, and an increase in the usual money...
The Foresters and the Life-Boat Institution
THAT great friendly society, the Ancient Order of Foresters, has for a long time been one of the most gener- ous supporters of the Institution.
Foresters' orders are of great anti- quity and their origin cannot now be...
Category: Articles
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain George Tart of Dungeness. He was appointed coxswain in July 1947.
Since then Dungeness life-boats have been launched on service 97 times and have rescued 27 lives..
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat's Air-Cases Can Be Seen Protruding from the Broken Hull and Scattered on the Rocks
The Life-Boat's Air-Cases Can Be Seen Protruding From The Broken Hull and Scattered on the Rocks. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
From 1851 the Test of Self-Righting Ability Has Been Simple and Thorough:' Capsize the Boat
From 1851 the test of self-righting ability has been simple ana" thorough:' Capsize the boat,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Princess Flies to Wales. New Life-Boats Are Named
ON two sunshining days in May Prin- cess Marina, Duchess of Kent and President of the Institution, named new life-boats which will serve two stations on the Welsh coast, Llandudno in North Wales and St. David's in the south.
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Category: Inaugurations
The S.S. Jeannette
Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At 7.52 A.M.
on the 10th March the coastguard reported that the s.s. Jeannette, of Rotterdam, bound for Coleraine with a cargo of chemical manure, had been holed in trying to enter River Bann, and was...