LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Aneroid Barometers
Iltestratton of the Fisheriaaa's Aneroid Barometer as issued bj the National Life-boat Institution.
Its Dial or Face, which is enamelled, is five inches in diameter, being half an inch larger tifta the ordinary Mi-sized...
Category: Advertisement
Spray
Lengthy search but no survivors It is an unfortunate fact that some lifeboat services do not result in the rescue of survivors, a result which inevitably has an effect on the lifeboat crews but which does not affect their dedication to the...
"Heroes of the Sea" Film
THIS film, which was presented to the Institution in 1931, by British Inter- national Pictures, and was first shown in February of that year, has during the following four years been shown in 415 cinemas, and has collected for the...
Category: Articles
The Wreck Register and Chart for 1875-6
A perusal of the Annual Wreck Register recently issued for the year commencing on the 1st July, 1875, and ending on the 30th June, 1876, is by no means encou- raging. The wrecks and casualties which it so minutely and accurately chronicles...
Category: Articles
Boston Heron
MINISTER OF TRANSPORT EXPRESSES THANKS Stornoway, Hebrides. At 9.30 on the evening of the 3rd December, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a mayday distress signal had been heard from a vessel and that they were trying...
A Message from the Director
Twelve months ago we predicted another busy, challenging year for the RNLI. and our predictions have certainly proved correct.
The launchings of the prototype FABs 3 and 4 were keenly anticipated as so many of our future...
Category: Articles
WP Courtauld
W.P. Courtauld, member of the Committee of Management from 1972 to 1983 and donor of the Waveney class lifeboat Augustine Courtauld...
Category: Obituaries
(Below) the Minesweeper Hms Thrifty Tows Three Lifeboats to Dunkirk. They Are Believed to Be Southend, Walmer and Hythe. See Philip Jull's Letter 'Under Tow', Left.
(Below) The minesweeper HMS Thrifty tows three lifeboats to Dunkirk. They are believed to be Southend, Walmer and Hythe. - View image in PDF
See Philip Jull's letter 'Under Tow', left.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Life-Boat Service Abroad
UNITED STATES.
THE Annual Report of the United States Life-Saving Service for the year ending 30th June, 1912, has been received, and we extract the following details.
Attention is drawn to the fact that...
Category: Articles
In Gathering Darkness Salcombe's Relief Tyne Class Manners
In gathering darkness Salcombe's relief Tyne class Manners Wend approaches the stranded coaster Ina. Her starboard anchor cable blocks the obvious approach, so coxswain Frank Smith took the lifeboat in astern off the casualty's port... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs