LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Firm and Triple A.
Short but effective service by D class saves fiveThe RNLFs Chief of Operations has written to the crew of Burry Port's D class inflatable lifeboatcommending the quick, positive thinking by the helmsman, good seamanship and boat handling...
A Small Motor Boat
APRIL 21ST. - PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. At 4.50 in the afternoon the life-boat motor-mechanic saw a small motor boat about three miles south-south-east of the harbour with a large piece of cloth fixed to a pole. At 5.15 the motor life-boat...
Prosperity
GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.—While a gale was blowing from the N.W., with a very rough sea on the morning of the 17th November, the smack Prosperity, of Carnarvon, was seen in the offing labouring against the wind, and shortly afterwards she showed a...
A Naval Pinnace (1)
SEPTEMBER 10TH. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE, AND PORT PATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
At 1.10 in the afternoon the coastguard reported to the Girvan lifeboat station that a naval pinnace was flying a distress signal off Ballantrae. The...
Richmond Castle
ENGINEER INJURED St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 10.55 a.m. on igth August, 1965, news came that the motor vessel Richmond Castle had an injured man on board and had requested medical help. Her position at one o'clock would be eleven...
Angela May
WORSENING WEATHER Filey, Yorkshire. At 9.50 a.m. on 4th March, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that the coble Angela May of Filey was fishing six to eight miles east of Brigg buoy in deteriorating weather. The lifeboat The ha &...
(Right) Wilhelm Kaisen the Federal Republic of Germany's Rescue Cruiser With Her Daughter Boat Ready to Launch Note Helicopter Working Platform Above
(Right) Wilhelm Kaisen, the Federal Republic of Germany's rescue cruiser, with her daughter boat ready to launch. Note helicopter working platform above.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Not Enough Water to Use the Engine As Wet Tired Lifeboatmen Wade Through the Steels of the Flooded North Wales Towns
Not enough water to use the engine as wet, tired lifeboatmen wade through the steels of the flooded North Wales towns. (Photo The Guardian). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fig 4: (Below) Web Frames Stringers Engine Bearers and Keelson Are All Now In Place the Shape of the Propeller Tunnels Aft Is Already Emerging
Fig 4: (below) Web frames, stringers, engine bearers and keelson are all now in place. The shape of the propeller tunnels, aft, is already emerging.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (8)
FEBRUARY 3RD. - LYTHAM - ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A British aeroplane had been reported down, but later it was found that no aircraft was missing and the life-boat was recalled. A letter of thanks was received from the R.A.F. Station. -...