LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
— The NATIOHAI, •ION has formed another Life-boat establishment on the coast of Essex, for the better protection of the shipping which crowds the channels lead- ing to the Thames. The Life-boat had only been placed on its station at...
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90—And Still at Work
MRS. LOTIXGA SMITH, of Gcdling, Nottingham, celebrated her ninetieth birthday on the K th of November, 1947.
In spite of her great age, in spite of ill health and in spite of an accident last winter when she was knocked...
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The Life-Boat House
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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Lifeboat Services
LIFEBOAT AREA No.1 Trawler Snatch WHIN the Longhope, Orkney, lifeboat station was informed at 11.54 p.m. on February 9 that the trawler Ross Tern was ashore on Troma Island and was breaking up, the lifeboat crew mustered in good...
Category: Services
The S.S. Ferndale
On the 1st November the Godsend Lifeboat was launched at about 3 P.M., having been signalled for by the crew of a yawl, which had gone out in the morning to the assistance of the s.s. Ferndale, of Sunderland, stranded on the North Scroby...
County Associations
As already mentioned, one of the chief features of this Journal will be to bring into prominent notice the several County Asso- ciations and Local Committees that have long existed around our coasts, and to urge on the well-wishers to the...
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The Liberian Cargo Ship Irene Aground on South Ronaldsay Orkney. It Was Her Call for Help Which Led to the Longhope Life-Boat Being Called Out. the Irene's Crew Were Resc
The Liberian cargo ship Irene aground on South Ronaldsay, Orkney. It was her call for help which led to the Longhope life-boat being called out. The Irene's crew were rescued by coastguards.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The "Hopelyn" Service
THE presentation of the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals awarded to the Coxswains and Crews of the Lowestoft Motor Life- boat and the Gorleston Pulling and Sailing Life-boat for the service to the s.s. Hopelyn on 19th-21st October, 1922, took...
Category: Services
The New 48-Foot 6-Inch Life-Boat
THE Institution has produced its first life-boat of the larger class, with a cabin and shelter for the crew and survivors, which incorporates the self-righting principle. This is a 48-foot 6-inch life- boat designed by Mr. R. A. Oakley,...
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An Aeroplane (134)
SEPTEMBER 26TH. - FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.
A Dutch aeroplane, based on Pembroke Dock, had crashed nine miles N.N.W. of Strumble Head, but her crew were rescued by a trawler. - Rewards, £4 7s..