LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dundee Life-Boat Day. The Help of the Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Co.
THE Dundee Life-boat Day this summer was an outstanding event. The Honorary Secretary, Mr. Lindsay, and his Life-boat Day Sub-Committee had j the very generous help of Mr. Kalph (.'. Cowper, the General Manager of the Dundee, Perth and...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Charles Jose
At 11.50 P.M. on the 17th December the Dartmouth coastguards reported that a steamer was ashore on Slapton Sands, in Start Bay.
A strong N.E. breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea, and visibility was...
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1900
As the years roll on the interest of the people of Great Britain in maritime matters would seem to increase rather than to diminish, and we therefore feel that in drawing the attention of the public, and more especially that part of it...
Category: Articles
Life-boatmen in the Empire Pageant
ON Empire Day, 24th May last, twenty Life-boatmen took part in the Empire Day Festival and Procession of the Empire organised by the Daily Express in Hyde Park. The procession was led by the massed bands of H.M. Brigade of Guards, and an...
Category: Articles
Yarmouth Isle of Wight: During a Visit to the Isle of Wight Last October Hrh the Duchess of Kent
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight: During a visit to the Isle of Wight last October, HRH The Duchess of Kent called at Yarmouth lifeboat station, meeting officials of the branch and of West Wight guild. While being introduced to the crew by Coxswain... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The New Brighton Motor Life-Boat Going to the Help of the Emile Delmas
From the water-colour painting by Mr, William McDowell. The painting (21 inches by 30 inches) has been presented to the Piel (Barrow) Branch, by the artist, for sale on behalf of the Branch funds.
The price is 15 guineas....
Category: Drawings
The Converted Naval Whaler Trojan
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 12.10 early on the morning of the 8th of September, 1958, the coastguard re-ported that a small boat had been seen near the Buxey Sands at 5.30 the evening before. She had engine trouble, but her crew appeared to be...
Mr. Frank Garon, of Southend-On-Sea
MR. FRANK GARON, the chairman of the Southend-on-Sea branch died on the 29th of July at the age of sixty. A director of the big catering firm of Garons in Southend, he was another of the many busy men who yet are able to give much of their...
Category: Obituaries
The S.S. Nebarn
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK ; CAISTEB, WIXTERTON-, PALLING, AND CBOMEE, NORFOLK.—In the early hours of 29th January, the s.s. Newbarn of Newcastle, which is a big steamer of more than 3,000 tons, ran aground on the southern end of the Hasboro'...
At William Osborne's Yard Littlehampton on June 18 Mrs Renske Kemp Launched the 37' Rather Lifeboat Horace Clarkson the Gift of H Clarkson and Co to Be Stati
At William Osborne's yard, Littlehampton, on June 18, Mrs Renske Kemp launched the 37' Rather lifeboat Horace Clarkson, the gift of H. Clarkson and Co., to be stationed at Moelfre. With Mrs Kemp were (I. to r.) Mr and Mrs T. Owens,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs