LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Loss of Life on and Near Our Coasts
A CAREFUL or interested reader of the article in THE LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL for last November, on the " Wreck Register and Chart for the year ended June 30th, 1884," cannot but be struck by the me- lancholy fact shown by the statistics,...
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The Liberty Ship Helen Hunt Jackson, of Los Angeles
SEPTEMBER 24TH. - WALMER, KENT.
Notice was received that a doctor would be required on board a steamer which was making for the Downs, and at nine at night the Liberty ship Helen Hunt Jackson, of Los Angeles, arrived. A...
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1892
SIR EDWARD BIRKBECK, BART., M.P., V.P., IN THE CHAIR.
Moved by The Bight Hon. Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, Bart., M.P., President of the Board of Trade.
Seconded by Sir EDWARD BIRK- BECK, Bart., M.P.,...
Category: Meetings
List of the Rewards for Saving Life from Wrecks, Voted By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
GOD HELP OUR MEN AT SEA.
VOTED BY THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, TO THE CREWS OF ITS LIFE-BOATS, TO SHORE AND FISHING-BOATS* CREWS, AND OTHER PERSONS, FROM THE 1ST JANUARY TO THE 31ST DECEMBER,...
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The Spanish Trawlers Monte Izankun and Costa da Isolda
Trawlers aided TWO SPANISH trawlers in difficulties two miles north of Skelligs rocks—one had a rope fouling her propeller and the other had engine trouble—on November 9, 1972, led to the Valentia, Co. Kerry, lifeboat being...
Nowa Huta and the German Vessel Ingrid Leonhardt
Dover, Kent. At 12.32 early on the morning of the 9th June, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the Polish motor vessel Nowa Huta and the German vessel Ingrid Leonhardt had been in collision ten miles east-by-south of...
The American Forces Tug No. 672 and a Ship's Boat
SEPTEMBER 15TH. - THE MUMBLES, AND BARRY DOCK, GLAMORGANSHIRE.
The American Forces tug N o . 6 7 2 had grounded on the Tusker Rock, off Porthcawl, but she overturned before the life-boat reached the scene. Eight of her...
Honorary Workers of the Institution. No. 6. Mr. William Bertram, J.P., Hon. Secretary of the Dunbar and Skateraw Branch
NOWHERE on the coast of Scotland, or, indeed, on the coasts of the British Isles, has the Institution an Honorary Secre- tary who has worked harder and more successfully for the cause than Mr. Bertram at Dunbar.
For...
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The Life-Boat Crew at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly
(Photograph taken by Mr. George F. Shee, Secretary of the Institution.). - View image in PDF
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The Style Rank and Title of Honorary Burgess of Beaumaris
The style, rank and title of Honorary Burgess of Beaumaris has recently been conferred upon Beaumaris lifeboat station. Councillor Stan Zalot, Mayor of the town and also a lifeboatman, presented the certificate and a town crest to Sir... - View image in PDF
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