LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Willie Way
NOVEMBER 11TH . - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW. At about 12.30 P.M. the Arklow fishing boat Willie Way was seen to be in difficulties while trying unsuccessfully to land the relief lighthousemen at the lightship.
It was blowing...
Golden Charter
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Kirkwall - Scotland Division
Kirkwall, capital of Orkney and its Mainland island, lies upon a busy harbour in which there is a constant coming and going of fishing boats, ferries and other seagoing traffic.
Kirkwall station opened in 1972 following... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Only 39 Miles to Go
Only 39 miles to go - Andrew Freemantle and Michael Vlasto set the pace.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
D.R. 64
Dover, Kent. At 5.34 on the afternoon of 15th April, 1961, the coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat DR. 64 was in difficulties with engine failure close inshore at St.
Margaret's Bay. At...
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Hazardous rescue on single engineThe RNLI's chief of operations has written to the Newhaven lifeboat station congratulating Second Coxswain Paddy Boyle for his skilful boathandling when he rescued a person from the water on 29 October...
Picking Up Hospital Cases Is One of the Many Duties Undertaken By Life-Boats
Picking up hospital cases is one of the many duties undertaken by life-boats. Here a seaman from the Esso tanker s.s. Canterbury, who was suffering from acute appendicitis, is being lowered to the Valentia life-boat from Kerry,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mr. Smith's Club, Brazil Street, Manchester, Held a Life-Boat Evening Recently and These Girls(Above), Helped to Make the Occasion a Memorable One. Proceeds Were Given to the R.N.L.I. on the Ri
Mr. Smith's Club, Brazil Street, Manchester, held a life-boat evening recently and these girls(above), helped to make the occasion a memorable one. Proceeds were given to the R.N.L.I. On the right is Mrs. Ruth Manrot who was selected as... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Feature a Hazardous Industry
Although fishing vessels only make up some 14 per cent of RNLI call outs, more fishermen die at sea than any other group of sea user. It is widely recognised that fishing is the most dangerous industry in the worldIt was in 1994 that the...
Category: Articles
A Canberra Aircraft (1)
Blackpool and Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire ; Llandudno, Caernarvon- shire ; and Rhyl, Flintshire. Between three o'clock and 3.15 on the afternoon of the 9th of October, 1958, the hon- orary secretaries and coxswains of the life-boat...