LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Single-Handed Rescue By a Skye Fisherman
THE Institution has awarded its bronze medal for gallantry to Mr. Kenneth Macleod, a fisherman of Pooltiel, Isle of Skye, for rescuing single-handed in a small rowing boat three fishermen whose boat had been wrecked. On the afternoon of the...
Category: Awards
Rescue of Life By Swimming, and Experiments Thereon
RESCUE OF LIFE BY SWIMMING, AND EXPERIMENTS THEREON.
THE accompanying Paper is translated from some interesting remarks published, under authority, by M. FERRAND, druggist and Member of the Lyons Board of Health. He...
Category: Articles
Brooke Marine Ltd
Brooke Marine Limited SHIPBUILDERS-ENGINEERS AND CONSULTING NAVAL ARCHITECTS ESTABLISHED 1874 THAMES Type 50 ft Self-Righting Length overall 50' 0" Beam 14' 6* Displacement 23.5 tons Fuel Capacity 400 imp, gallons Twin General...
Category: Advertisement
Notes on the Quarter
TWENTY-ONE nations were represented at the llth international life-boat conference, which was held in New York City from 16th to 20th May, newcomers to the conference being the Bahamas, the Philippines, and South...
Category: Articles
Brownies Were By Far the Greatest Moneyspinners In the Guide Friendship Fund Lifeboat Project: 1St.Woodseaves Brownies Sent In £33 After a Sponsored Skip — to Reac
Brownies were by far the greatest moneyspinners in the Guide Friendship Fund lifeboat project: 1st Woodseaves Brownies sent in £33 after a sponsored skip — to reach their target, each of 24 girls had to make 50... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Schooner
APRIL 1ST. - FERRYSIDE, CARMARTHENSHIRE.
A schooner had been re- Pembery Sands, but no trace of any vessel ported in a dangerous position near the in need of help could be found.-Rewards, £l2 10s. 6d..
None (17)
JULY 1ST. - MARGATE, KENT. Rockets had been reported between Warden Point and the Reculvers, but nothing could be found.
Mr. P. E. W. Gellatly, the honorary secretary, went out in the boat.-Rewards, £12 8s..
John Bakke
FEBRUARY 1ST. - TROON, AYRSHIRE.
The Norwegian steamer John Bakke, of Haugesund, had run aground, but when the life-boat reached her, her fore part was high and dry and help was not needed. - Rewards, £6 17s....
An Aeroplane (58)
JULY 1ST. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE, AND FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reporteddown in the sea, but the Buckie life-boat reached the position to find that an R.A.F. rescue launch had picked up the body of an...
The French Cutter Naia
FRENCH CUTTER ESCORTED INTO HARBOUR Ramsgate, Kent. At 9.38 on the evening of the 1st September, 1962, the east pier watchman informed the coxswain that a yacht was ashore on the Brake sands and was firing distress flares. At ten o'clock...