LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Signals for Life-Boat Stations
THE want having been often felt of some general system of signals for intercommu- nication, on occasions of shipwreck, between life-boat stations when within signal distance of each other, the Committee have caused the following simple plan...
Category: Articles
An Eye for Detail In Lifeboat Design
LOOKING AT a lifeboat when housed, perhaps the first design detail to catch the eye is the propeller and its tunnel.
Each of the twin propellers is housed in a tunnel built into the stern, the principal aims being shallow...
Category: Articles
The Fundraisers
Around the world More than 200 invited guests supported the annual autumn party organised by Woodbridge and District branch which was held at Woodbridge School on Saturday 24 November.
After enjoying refreshments they...
Category: Articles
News from the Branches. 1st October to 31st December
Greater London.
ASHFORD.—Flag Whist Drive.
BARKING.—Life-boat in the procession celebrating the incorporation of Barking as a Borough.
BRONDESBUBY. — Address to Young People's League...
Category: Branches
20 Medals for Cromer & Gorleston.
The famous life-boat stations at Cromer and Great Yarmouth and Gorleston have won for two services in August and October 20 medals, 25 vellums and £234 in money awards. The first service was to six steamers wrecked close together on the...
Category: Articles
Mr. S. E. Saunders, of Cowes
Mr. Samuel Edward Saunders, of Cowes, who died on 17th December, at the age of seventy-seven, was very closely associated with the building of the present motor life-boat fleet, first as head of his own firm, Messrs. S....
Category: Obituaries
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1898
WE have much pleasure in drawing the special attention of our readers to the valuable statistics recently issued by the Board of Trade in their Annual Blue Book, which furnishes abstracts of the returns made to the Board of shipping...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Calendar for 1929
THE Institution is again issuing a Lifeboat Calendar for the forthcoming year. It feels that there is no better way of keeping the work of the Lifeboat Service continually before the public from the first day of the year to the last, and it...
Category: Articles
Income and Expenditure for 1933
EXPENDITURE.
Life-boats :— £ s. d. £ s. d.
New Life-boats for the following stations :—On account— Aberystwyth, Anstruther, Dungeness, Exmouth, Lizard, Llandudno, Longhope,...
Category: Accounts
New D Class for North Sunderland
North Sunderland took possession of its new D class inshore lifeboat at a ceremony on Sunday, 26 April 1998, when it was officially named Martin, John & Ann.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs