LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
George and Mary of Hull
On the night of the 25th October, 1859, the sloop George and Mary, of Hull, was driven ashore near Filey, in a heavy gale from the eastward.
On her showing a light as a signal of dis- tress, the Filey life-boat was manned...
Launching and Recovery—Part III: Tractor and Carriage Launch By Edward Wake-Walker Assistant Public Relations Officer (London)
SEAMEN, FISHERMEN and private boat owners all know that whenever they put to sea, together with an awareness of the state of the weather and of what is forecast, the state of the tide is of paramount importance to their...
Category: Articles
Lacon's Safety Plan for Lowering a Ship's Boats at Sea
WHILST we are doing all in our power to guard our coasts with life-boats ready to save life in the event of a vessel being stranded on our shores, we must not lose sight of the fact that the greatest loss of life among our own countrymen,...
Category: Articles
Major, of Lyne
The schooner Major, of Lynn, ran aground at Holme on the morning of the 30th September. ^The Life-boat, Licensed Victualler, was at once despatched to the distressed vessel, and was, fortunately, the means of rescuing the crew, consisting of...
Matthew Drury Handing Over a Cheque for £500 on Behalf of Pupils of Melbourn Village College to Pat Elbourn Honorary Secretary of Royston and District Branch And
Matthew Drury handing over a cheque for £500 on behalf of pupils of Melbourn Village College to Pat Elbourn, honorary secretary of Royston and District branch, and Brian Fitch, assistant district organising secretary... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Morse Controls Ltd
GEAR SELECTOR VALVE Torbay Lifeboat 'Princess Alexandra of Kent' showing use of MD24 control with GARDNER LW engine and DC gearbox hydraulically actuated GOVENOR CONTROL 'It's simplicity itself (AN ASSOCIATE COMPANY OF MORSE...
Category: Advertisement
The President Names the New Southend Boat
H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF KENT, Presi- dent of the Institution, named the new Southend-on-Sea life-boat on the 17th of May, 1955.
The new life-boat is a gift of the Civil Service Life-boat Fund, the thirtieth which that fund...
Category: Inaugurations
Telegraphic Communication With Lightships
IN the number of this Journal published in February 1885, we referred to the efforts then being made to connect the Sunk Lightship off the coast of Essex with the shore at Walton-on-the-Naze, a distance of about nine miles, by means of...
Category: Articles
Death of a Head Launcher
EARLY on the evening of the 28th of August, 1957, a schoolmaster went to the harbour at Staithes in Yorkshire with a number of his pupils to bathe.
There was a light north-westerly wind blowing, and outside the harbour the...
Category: Articles
Where Is Everybody?
Where is everybody? This lonely collector was one of the many who collected in Chichester on Saturday 22 July. Even though the collector was suitably dressed in shorts for the very hot weather, most of the public appeared to be at the beach!... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs