LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Special Gifts
From Mid-Atlantic.
WE have received a denation of ten shillings with the following letter, which has no other address than " on the Atlantic " :—• " While a passenger on the Freighter Baby Castle, I have read...
Category: Donations
Dawn
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At. 1.5 on the afternoon of the 22nd of September, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel was in distress three to four miles south- east of the coastguard look-out. At 1.28 the...
Shore-Boat Services Rewarded In 1877
Jan.3.—Three men of Budleigh Salterton,Devon- shire, saved 2 Coastguardmen, whose boat, while they were crossing the river Otter on duty, had been carried down the river by the current and wrecked against the rocks at Otter Point, during a...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
Thursday, 1st March. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
Category: Committee
(Lower Left) 14-10 Indicates a 14M Long Lifeboat
(Lower left) 14-10 indicates a 14m long lifeboat (and therefore a Trent class), and the tenth of that class to be built.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
KINGSDOWNE, KENT.—On the morning of the 18th September, signals of distress were fired by a vessel which proved to be the steamer Dolphin, of London, bound from London to Havre, with a general cargo and passengers, which had been in...
Category: Services
Bottom Right: Fred Walkington on Duty
Bottom Right: Fred Walkington On Duty. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Above) of the £6000 Raised By Salcombe and Hope Branch No Less Than £2066 Resulted from the Efforts of the Lifeboat Crew and Their Wives Money Was Raised By Dance
(Above) Of the £6,000 raised by Salcombe and Hope branch, no less than £2,066 resulted from the efforts of the lifeboat crew and their wives. Money was raised by dances and other functions, but a large proportion came from... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (1)
Royal National Life-Boat Institution FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
FOUNDED IN 1824.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
PATRONESS.
HER MOST GRACIOUS...
Category: Advertisement
Two Fishing Boats
ST.ANDREW'S, FIFESHIRE.—Two fishingboats returning from fishing in the bay on the 21st February were placed in a perilous position by a strong N. gale which sprung up, accompanied by a rough sea. One boat was driven on the beach, and the...