LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Yacht (7)
JULY 23RD. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
A small yacht had gone aground in a dangerous position, but she refloated with the rising tide. - Rewards, £7 10s..
It's a Dog's Life...
Hjalti is the newest crew member to benefit from the crew training appeal, undertaking first aid training with one of the mobile training unit trainers, Steve Ford. Hjalti's showing great interest!. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Helmsman Elisabeth Hostvedt (Front), An Atlantic College Student from Norway, Was the First Female RNLI Crew Member.
Helmsman Elisabeth Hostvedt (front), an Atlantic College student from Norway, was the first female RNLI crew member. She is pictured with fellow students about to launch at the Atlantic College slipway in the 1960s. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Steamer (11)
SEPTEMBER 3RD. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. A steamer had gone aground on the Mersey revetment, but refloated with the help of tugs. - Rewards, £6 18s..
A Boat (5)
DECEMBER 31ST. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE, AND HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE. A boat with twenty men on board had been reported adrift in the Dee Channel, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Rhyl. £20 15s. ; Hoylake, £31 3s. 6d..
Corbon, of Newcastle
Early on the morning of the 7th April, 1866, signals of distress were seen by the beachmen in the direction of the Cockle Sand. The weather was hazy, with a strong breeze blowing from E.N.E.
The Birmingham No. 2 life-boat,...
A Rowing Boat
APRIL 22ND. - TORBAY, DEVON. A rowing boat with two sailors on board had not returned, but next morning it was found on Preston Beach. - Rewards, £8 4s.
A Punt
JULY 4TH. - HELVICK HEAD, CO. WATERFORD. A punt with two people on board was missing, but came ashore without help. - Rewards, £11 14s..
"The Merchant Shipping Bill of 1869."
In the year 1854 the various Acts of Parliament relating to Merchant Ship- ping and Navigation which, from time to time from the reign of Queen Elizabeth, had been enacted, were, for the most part, repealed and consolidated in a new Act...
Category: Articles
Ellizer
KILMORE, oo. WEXFORD.—On the 21st February, the Life-boat John Robert was launched at 8 A.M., proceeded to the assistance of the Norwegian barque Ellizer bound from Belize for Fleetwood, with cargo of logwood, which had stranded on...