LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
R.S.P.C.A. Awards
EIGHT members of the Dover life-boat crew, Coxswain T. Walker, Second Coxswain W. Cockings, Mechanic II.
Pegg, Second Mechanic A. Liddon and Life-boatmen D. Briggs. S. Liddon, J.
Sharp and A. Whiting, were...
Category: Awards
The Danish S.S. Niord
CULLERCOATS.—At 8.30 P.M. on the 5th January, the Life-boat Go-operator No.
was launched and proceeded to the assistance of the Danish s.s. Niord, bound from Copenhagen for the Tyne with a general cargo, which had stranded...
Stornoway:
Stornoway: The re-dedication and blessing of the 52ft Arun RNLB Sir Max Aitken II by The Reverend Roderick Morrison on July 25. The lifeboat was named by HRH Princess Alexandra at Cowes last February. photograph by courtesy of Hebridean... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
When the Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club Held a Life-Boat Weekend at Whitsun Their Two Life-Boat Ladies Were Miss Dianne Walters (Left) and Miss Susan Rout the Girls' Dresse
When the Felixstowe Ferry sailing club held a life-boat weekend at Whitsun their two life-boat ladies were Miss Dianne Walters (left) and Miss Susan Rout. The girls' dresses were bright scarlet, jumpers white with blue lettering on the R... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Vic 72
AUGUST 20TH - 21ST. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
During the afternoon of the 20th the honorary secretary of the life-boat station was watching a ship to the south of Skegness pier, and just before eight o’clock the coastguard...
Operation Completed
IN 1971 the decision was taken that all offshore lifeboats not already fitted, should be equipped with VHP radio in addition to the MF equipment which has been standard since 1945. The resulting fitting programme, which involved the...
Category: Articles
Conwy - West Division
Lifeboat stations can be in very scenic surroundings, such as here at Conwy in Gwynedd, where the boathouse for the station's D class is almost in the shadow of the famous , castle, and backs on to part of the Town... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Category: Advertisement
Boat Sailing and Sails
IT might be objected that remarks in the nature of hints or suggestions on boat sailing are " coals to Newcastle" to those who manage the Life-boats of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTI- TUTION, and to a considerable extent such...
Category: Articles
Ruby
KESSINGLAND, SUFFOLK.—On the 13th January the Life-boat Bolton proceeded to the aid of the sloop Ruby, of Goole, which had been overtaken by a snow squall, and had been dismasted while passing through Pakefield Gap. Seeing that her position...