LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Antoinette
PORT ISAAC and PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
—Oa the morning of the 2ad January a barque, which proved to be the Antoinette, of St. John, New Brunswick, bound from Newport for Santos with coals, was observed about eight miles distant...
Finance In 1942.: Expenditure.
Expenditure in 1942 was £291,486. That was £12,261 more than in 1941, but much less than in a year of peace. The reason is that while in the last year of peace 16 new motor life-boats were sent to the coast, last year not one - out...
Category: Articles
The Crabbing Trawler Marie des Isles
Two calls IN GALE AND STORM force winds, Torbay lifeboat, the 54ft Arun Edward Bridges (Civil Service No. 37) was launched on service twice on Friday November 14, 1980. The first call came from Brixham Coastguard at 1045: the crabbing...
In Memoriam. Admiral John Ross Ward
BY the death, which took place on the- 23rd June last, of the late Admiral WARD „ in his 77th year, the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION has lost a good friend and a devoted officer. From the time he joined the Committee in February 1852...
Category: Obituaries
Presentation of North Sunderland Station Branch's 150Th Anniversary Vellum Was Made Last November By the Duke of Northumberland (R of Vellum) at a Gathering Of
Presentation of North Sunderland station branch's 150th anniversary vellum was made last November by the Duke of Northumberland (r. of vellum) at a gathering of crew, branch and guild members at Hamburgh Castle Hotel, Seahouses. The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Right) When Hm Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Visited Hastings Last June All the Lifeboat Crew and Launchers Were Introduced to Her Coxswain Joe Martin (Behi
(Right) When HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother visited Hastings last June all the lifeboat crew and launchers were introduced to her. Coxswain Joe Martin (behind Her Majesty) presents ILB crew members II. to r.) Peter Thorpe, Christopher... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wolverhampton Branch's Souvenir and Publicity Caravan Splendidly Converted from a Mobile Hot Dog Stall Made Its First Appearance Last May When Ken Dodd and the May
Wolverhampton branch's souvenir and publicity caravan, splendidly converted from a mobile hot dog stall, made its first appearance last May when Ken Dodd and the Mayor of Wolverhampton opened the town's Fiesta from its... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ready for the Start of Exmouth Carnival Procession Last Summer Old Pulling Lifeboat the Bedford Lent By Exeter Maritime Museum for the Occasion She Was Manned By
Ready for the start of Exmouth Carnival Procession last summer, old pulling lifeboat The Bedford, lent by Exeter Maritime Museum for the occasion. She was manned by members of Exmouth lifeboat crew. Photograph by courtesy of L. W. Aplin..<... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Lowestoft Life-Boat. By Commander Basil Hall, R.N.
LOWESTOFT, the most easterly point of these Islands, and consequently the nearest to the coast of our enemy, has had since the outbreak of the War more services to its credit than any other Life-boat Station in the United Kingdom, the boat...
Category: Services
The S.S. Empire Dolphin (1)
St. David's, and Fishguard, Pembroke' shire.—At about 2.30 in the afternoon of February 21st, 1947, the coastguard reported that the S.S. Empire Dolphin, of Glasgow, a tanker of 7,000 tons, with six men on board, was drifting out of...