LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Visit of the Deputy-Chairman and Sir Gerard Noel to St. Abbs, Dunbar and Skateraw
THE management and the practical working of a great national service like that of the Life-boat demand the constant attention of the technical officers of the Institution ; and these, under the direction of the Chief Inspector of Life-boats,...
Category: Articles
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
SWANSEA.—The Harbour Commissioners at Swansea having transferred their life-boat establishment to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, it has been completely renovated ; a new 10-oared boat and transporting carriage has been placed there, and...
Category: Articles
H.M. Submarine Tuna and H.M. Examination Vessel Sedulous
NOVEMBER 2ND. - BLYTH, AND TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 9.45 in the morning, the Blyth coastguard reported a ship ashore half a mile south of St. Mary’s Lighthouse. The sea was slight, with a light north-east wind blowing, but there was a...
Racing Dinghies
Racing dinghies ON AN OVERCAST Sunday morning, May 3, dinghies from several sailing clubs on the River Blackwater had started racing when they were overtaken by deteriorating weather; soon after 1100 the strong westerly breeze was already...
Chart Shewing the Lives Lost By Drowning In Inland Waters In England & Wales During the Year 1877
CHART SHEWING THE LIVES LOST BY DROWNING IN INLAND WATERS IN ENGLAND & WALES DURING THE YEAR 1877.
Category: Charts
Leo
OCTOBER 20TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 4.25 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a red flare near Scotstoun Head had been reported from Rattray. Half an hour later it was reported that six red flares...
A Valuable Source of Revenue
ONE cannot help being struck by the fact that some Station Branches find it comparatively easy to raise a substantial sum annually for the support of the Branch, while other places, with perhaps a much larger and wealthier population, are...
Category: Articles
Rainbow Flowers,
by POST from GUERNSEY for Birthdays, Thank-you's and Anniversaries CODfc CARNATIONS (mixed colours) OC10 10 Luxury• Carnation;- Special offer £9.95 C18 18 Luxury Camaiitins C24 2 1 Luxury Carnations £16,95 FREESIAS (mixed...
Category: Advertisement
R.N.L.I. Active In Spanish Waters
LAST year the R.N.L.I, sent two of its latest life-boats to Spain, the mission following a visit to this country by a Spanish Red Cross delegation to investigate the structure of the R.N.L.I, and to look at various types of...
Category: Services
Stavroula
Nine seamen rescued from coaster stranded on sandbank in heavy swellA service by Cramer's Tyne class lifeboat Ruby and Arthur Reed II on 21 November 1990 has been recognised in a letter of thanks to the crew from the Chairman of the...