LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Several Fishing Boats
A little before nightfall on the 29th September, several fishing- boats belonging to this place were over- taken by a heavy gale of wind. They were seen from the shore making for Craigenrow Bay, ten miles east of Buckie, where they took...
Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society
THE Thirty-eighth Anniversary of this valuable Society was held at the City Terminus Hotel, on Friday, the 20th April, when its old and valued Chairman, Captain the Hon. FRANCIS MAUDE, R.N., presided with unabated...
Category: Meetings
Ceremonies
Relief - Atlantic 75 Rotaract I On a bright November Saturday afternoon nearly 80 Rotaractors with a sprinkling of Rotarians gathered at the Poole Depot Quay for the naming ceremony of a new Atlantic 75 lifeboat, B718.
It...
Category: Inaugurations
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1863
THE RIGHT HON. LORD LOVAINE, M.P., P.O., in the Chair.
!.•—Moved by the Chairman, and carried unanimously,— 1.—That the following noblemen and gentlemen be the Officers of the Institution for the current year:—(vide last...
Category: Meetings
The Story of the "Trevessa's" Boats
Lloyd's List and Shipping Gazette has just published as a pamphlet the logs kept by the Master and Chief Officer of the Trevessa, during the voyages of the two boats of that vessel after she sank in the Indian Ocean, on 4th June last.<...
Category: Articles
Silence Is Golden Rabbi Jonathan Romain
Silence is golden. Rabbi Jonathan Romain (r), minister of Maidenhead Synagogue, took part in a sponsored non-sermon in August. He toured shops and offices in Maidenhead and told people he would give them a 30 minute sermon on the merits of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rennyhill
Aberdeen.—At 2.11 early on the morning of the 29th of March, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that he had heard long and short blasts on a siren from a vessel near the harbour or lighthouse. He later stated that the lighthouse keeper...
Pye Telecommunications
Pye Telecom breaks the silence barrier.
Without instant communication you cannot properly cope with today's changing situations. Two-way radio communication via Pye personal and mobile radiotelephones keeps you off the...
Category: Advertisement
Trust-worthy
This month (October), the Freemasons’ Grand Charity funds its second introductory B class course at the Lifeboat College in Poole, at a cost of £24,000. The Freemasons made a commitment last year to support probationary crew training by...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
Fig. 3.
"Deck Plan.
Fig. 4.
Body Plan. Midship Section.
The accompanying figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and airchambers of one of...
Category: Articles