LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tina Primo
MARCH 18TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. The Italian steamer Tina Primo sank afterstriking a mine, but other vessels, which were nearby, took off the crew. - Rewards, £11 14s. 9d..
A Motor Boat (9)
NOVEMBER 3RD. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT Signals had been made by a motor boat, but she was escorted into harbour by another boat. - Rewards, £13 14s. 6d..
Some Account of the Growth of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution's Fleet Since the Re-Organization of the Society In 1850
THE year prior to the re-organization of this now great Institution marked the lowest state of depression to which " The National Shipwreck Institution," as it was then called, had reached. Its income, derived from subscriptions,...
Category: Articles
A True Story of a Life-Boat Day
IT was life-boat day in Greater London, and it was my privilege to help at a depot which was housed in one of London's famous churches. A busy day was coming to a close and the last collector had handed in her box. It only remained for...
Category: Articles
A Life-Boat Cushion from the Sudan
THE Institution has received a leather cushion which has been specially made for it by an engineer in the Sudan government dockyard at Khartoum, Mr. R. C. Roberts, of Broughton-in- Furness. The cushion, which has been made in imitation of...
Category: Articles
Mrs Hussey-Freke
Mrs Hussey-Freke - Highworth and District Branch Committee President.
Category: Obituaries
A Naval Launch from H.M.S. Battleaxe
Exmouth, Devon. — About two o'clock in the early morning of the 6th of July, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a motor boat appeared to be aground on the Maer Rocks, but no distress signals were being made and a private motor boat had...
A German Aeroplane
NOV. 29TH. - AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND.
A German aeroplane was reported to have come down into the sea five miles east of the harbour and the life-boat searched a wide area, but could find nothing. The honorary secretary of the...
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This Remarkable Scene Depicting Weymouth Lifeboat Rescuing a Man Off Portland Bill Is Made Entirely from Sand It Is the Work of Fred Darrington Whoas Now the Only
This remarkable scene, depicting Weymouth lifeboat rescuing a man off Portland Bill, is made entirely from sand. It is the work of Fred Darrington whoAs now the only sand sculptor in Weymouth and who made the sculpture for Wey mouth's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs