LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Your Letters
What's the cover story? The cover of the Spring issue of The Lifeboat certainly sparked some lively correspondence last quarter. Some of you thought it was a refreshing change, others weren't so keen.
Here follows...
Category: Correspondence
Two Fishing Cobles of Flamborough, The Doreen May and The Pioneer
NOVEMBER 7TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. Two fishing cobles of Flamborough, the Doreen May and the Pioneer, were fishing off Flamborough Head. The weather was getting worse, and by eleven in the morning a north-easterly gale was blowing, with...
Dragonfly and Xanadu
Rough conditions for Brighton's Atlantic Ashort but difficult service by Brighton's Atlantic 75 last December has earned two of her crew the Institution's Thanks on Vellum. Prompt action, good seamanship, a brave swim in rough...
The Hovercraft Princess Margaret
Hovercraft accident AT 1614 on the afternoon of Saturday March 30, 1985, the cross-channel hovercraft, Princess Margaret, radioed to Dover port control that she had collided with the breakwater on entering the harbour. It was cloudy with...
The Mersey Class Lilly and Vincent Anthony Is Officially Named at Pwllheli Which Celebrates Its Centenary Year
The Mersey class Lilly and Vincent Anthony is officially named at Pwllheli, which celebrates its centenary year. - View image in PDF
(Photo Jeff Morris). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Runswick, The S.S. Saltwick, The S.S. Fidra
GOLD MEDAL SERVICE AT PETERHEAD JANUARY 23RD - 26TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 6.40 in the morning of the 23rd, a message came from the coastguard that the S.S. Runswick, of Whitby, had been in collision, and the lifeboat crew were...
Eleven-Year-Old Stuart Jones Pictured With His Father, Coxswain Mechanic Peter Jones of Porthdinllaen,
Eleven-year-old Stuart Jones pictured with his father, Coxswain Mechanic Peter Jones of Porthdinllaen, with some of the fish from his 'mackerel race'.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Falmouth's Severn Named
The lifeboat crew and distinguished guests gather on thepontoon for the naming of The Will. Photo: Bnan Penning.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Trials - and Very Few Tabulations
The RNLI's latest lifeboat prototypes have been on trials around the coast as part of their evaluation and development.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Left: Street Sweeper
Left: Street sweeper buying a flag from the Duchess of Norfolk on Lifeboat 'Century' Day in 1924. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs