LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Boats (3)
Holy Island, Northumberland. — At 11.10 in the morning of the 15th of February, 1951, the coastguard reported that three local fishing boats were having difficulty entering harbour be- cause of the heavy swell on the...
Catherine and Ann
Filey, Yorkshire.—At 8.40 on the morning of the 24th of March, 1954, the life-boat coxswain reported that the local fishing coble Catherine and Ann was at sea in a strong northerly wind and heavy sea. At 8.52 the life-boat The Isa &...
Fishing Boats (1)
Wick, Caithness-shire. — During the afternoon of the 25th January, 1939, two local fishing boats were caught at sea by a strong easterly breeze, with a rough sea. They were seen making for harbour and the motor life-boat City of Edinburgh...
Arbroath's Mersey Class Lifeboat Inchcape
Arbroath's Mersey class lifeboat Inchcape - seen here after her naming ceremony in 1994 - is a good example of the way in which a number of smaller legacies can be grouped together. 13 legacies, with an average value of £28.000 were... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Shield of Thanks
Gerry and Ingrid Stillman were presented with the Sue Curror memorial shield by Locks Heath and district branch recently, in recognition of all the hard work that they have done for the Institution over the years.
Gerry and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Income and Expenditure for 1949
1948 £ *. d.
148,673 4 1 360 4 2 .47,180 13 3 143 7 11 32,729 2 1 14,801 14 7 1,039 17 11 2,010 4 6 246,938 8 6 20,782 15 - 41 - - 2,165 17 6 2,652 4 6 1,816 6 5 181 2 6 27,639 5 11 27,042 18 8 23,516 4 7 198 18 10...
Category: Accounts
Faulconnier
COURTMACSHERRY, CO. CORK. On the 1st January, 1904, the Life-boat Kezia Gwilt rendered very useful service to the barque Faulconnier, of Dunkirk.
During a strong breeze from E.S.E. and rough sea, with somewhat hazy weather,...
United States Life-Saving Service
THE Life-Saving Service of the United States comprised at the close of the fiscal year which ended on the 30th June, 1904, 273 stations, no increase in the number having taken place during the year. Of those stations 196 were situated on the...
Category: Articles
Abstract of the Wreck Register for 1876-77
TYRELLA, Co. DOWN.—On the 13th April, at about 7 A.M., the brigantine Cygnet, bound from Silloth to Dundalk, with a cargo of coal, was driven ashore in Dandrum Bay during a strong S.E. gate.
The Memorial Life-boat put off...
Category: Articles
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
PADSTOW.—The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has recently sent a large Life- boat to Padstow, on the north coast of Cornwall, to take the place of a smaller one forwarded there some years since.
The new boat is 34 feet long...
Category: Articles