LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The American Steamer Georgetown Victory, of Baltimore (1)
MAY 1ST. - NEWCASTLE, CLOUGHEY, AND DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. In the darkness of the early morning the American steamer Georgetown Victory, of Baltimore, ran ashore at Killard Point, Co. Down, while bound from Australia to Glasgow, with about...
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1877
HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, P.O., D.C.L., IN THE CHAIR.
1.—Moved by the CHAIRMAN :— 1.—That the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be the Officers of the Institution for the current year:—(vide next page for this...
Category: Meetings
The Wick Fishing Vessels Fulmar and Morning Star
Stromness, Orkneys. At 11.20 on the night of the 17th of August, 1959, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that a vessel appeared to be in difficul- ties in Hoy Sound. The honorary secretary, the coxswain and the motor mechanic drove...
Norwegian Dream and the Container Vessel Ever Decent (1)
Collision Aftermath The collision between the cruise liner Norwegian Dream and the container vessel Ever Decent off the coast of Kent in the early hours of Tuesday 24 August 1999 comes as a sharp reminder of how important it is to be...
A Rugger Match (Below) Between the Golden Hart Irresponsibles and the Floating Bridge Sludgers Was One of the Uproarious Events By Which West Country Watney Ta
A rugger match (below) between the Golden Hart Irresponsibles and the Floating Bridge Sludgers was one of the uproarious events by which West Country Watney taverns and innkeepers raised money to pay for radar and DF aboard Yarmouth's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Whitby: the Lifeboat Station and Her People By Joan Davies
A HAVEN OR REFUGE on a dangerous coast along which small sailing ships in their hundreds once traded between London and the north; a commercial port for small merchant ships; a harbour for boats fishing the unpredictable North Sea; now a...
Category: Articles
The American Steamer Byron Darnton, of Baltimore (2)
MARCH 16TH - 17TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE, AND PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE. Soon after eleven o’clock on the night of the 16th the Southend coastguard reported to the Campbeltown life-boat station that a ship was ashore...
This Fight Till You Drop Was the Idea of Publican Jim Kelleway of the Lord Nelson Poole Quay
This fight till you drop was the idea of publican Jim Kelleway of the Lord Nelson, Poole Quay. Champion male jouster was Peter Taylor and top maiden Emma Southwood, appropriately enough a member of Poole and Bournemouth branch of the British... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Visiting the RNLI/YLA Stand at the Southampton Boat Show Sir Alec Rose Founder-Member of the Association Autographs a Copy of His Book Lively Lady Which He
Visiting the R.N.L.I./Y.L.A. stand at the Southampton Boat Show, Sir Alec Rose, founder-member of the Association, autographs a copy of his book Lively Lady which he presented to Mr. Alasdair Garrett, secretary of the Association, for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ann Jane, Gauntlett, S.S.Ballinbreich Castle and the Millie Bain
HOLYHEAD.—On the 2nd January a wind blowing with hurricane force from W.N.W. prevailed, accompanied by a very heavy sea, and the steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland was called out three times to assist vessels which were danger. At 4.30 P...