LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
United States Life-Saving Service
THE Annual Report of the operations of the United States Life-Saving Service for the year ended the 30th June, 1894, was issued a few months since from the Gov- ernment Printing Office at Washington, and we learn from it that there are now...
Category: Articles
The Ketches Progress, John and Ann, Dolphin, and Martha Jane
FISHGUARD, SOUTH WALES.—On the morning of the 24th March, a whole galeblew from the N.E. with heavy squalls of sleet, and the sea was very heavy. At 9.55 signals of distress were shown by vessel at anchor in the bay, and the crew of the Life...
The Screw Steamer Alexandra, of London
Early on the morning of the 9th February, a rocket was seen from | the end of the Breakwater, thrown in an easterly direction, denoting a vessel re- quiring assistance. As the weather was comparatively fine at the time the pilots' and...
A New Life-Boat Engine
THERE is one very important difference between the designing of a Life-boat and the designing of her engine.
The requirements of the Institution, so far as hulls are concerned, are quite special. No other small craft are...
Category: Articles
John Lee
SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.—The Herbert Ingram Life-boat was launched at 8.30 A.M.
on the 7th of February, and rendered assistance to the schooner John Lee, of and for Blakeney, from Shields, with a cargo of oilcake, which had...
Notes of the Quarter from Page 183
crew acquitted themselves with distinction in spite of the fact that two of the members were in their 50s. Rowing an unfamiliar type of craft known as a Monamoy, they won their heat against a formidable crew representing the US National...
Category: Articles
Ceremonies
Saturday 16 October 1993 saw the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the new Mersey class Girvan lifeboat Silvia Burrell, a truly remarkable occasion for the lifeboat community of Girvan, as well as the famous Burrell family. Around...
Category: Inaugurations
St Simeon
French trawler in distress AT 0401 on the morning of Friday February 15, 1985, Falmouth's 52ft Arun class lifeboat, Elizabeth Ann, left the lee of Falmouth docks heading out to sea on service at full speed. Coxswain Viv Pentecost was at...
When He Landed This 21 Pound Salmon
When he landed this 21 pound salmon, Commander William Donald, chairman of Keswick branch, was so pleased that he sent the equivalent amount in sterling to the RNLI. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of P. Haworth. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Charlie Cocks
Charlie Cocks - former Redcar lifeboat station Crew Member, Mechanic and Signaller, and Station Administrator since 1992.
Category: Obituaries