LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mrs Reed at Cromer
Mrs. R. M. Reed, of Eastbourne, who in 1967 gave the new 48-foot 6-inch Oakley life-boat Ruby and Arthur Reed in memory of her late husband, Mr. A.
E. Reed, of Stamford, Lincolnshire (THE LIFE-BOAT, September, 1967),...
Category: Articles
S.S. Halizones
OCT. 19TH. - ST. MARY’S, SCILLY ISLES. A message was received that a British steamer, S.S. Halizones, had been sunk by enemy action forty miles S.W. of the Bishop Lighthouse, but ten minutes after the life-boat was launched, news came that...
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths; JULY 1988: John Drew, mechanic of Penlee lifeboat from 1938 to 1970 and assistant mechanic from 1933.
He was awarded a bronze medal in 1947.
NOVEMBER 1988:...
Category: Obituaries
A Boat (1)
On the South and East Coasts.
On the south coast the Weymouth Motor Life-boat was out for nearly six hours, from 6.30 in the evening until after midnight, in response to the S.U.S.
of the steam-tanker M....
R Wright & Son
Something special ? Wright away sir! ,* !.
TANKS For almost half a century Wrights have specialised in the fabrication of tanks from 5 to 50,000 gallons in stainless steel, aluminium, or mild steel, either one-otf or on a...
Category: Advertisement
(Right) a Tyne Hull Which Is Built Upside Down Until the Plating Is Complete Is Turned Over Ready for Decking In Fairey's Yard East Cowes
(Right) A Tyne hull, which is built upside down until the plating is complete, is turned over ready for decking in Fairey's yard, East Cowes. - View image in PDF
photographs by courtesy of David Hillmer. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rnlb Foresters Future
RNLB Foresters Future, the 33ft Brede lifeboat stationed at Alderney for 12 months station evaluation trials, was named on July 19 at the RNLI Poole depot quay during Poole Open Days by Mrs Renee Roddie. After a demonstration trip, Mrs... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
'Life' Landmark:
'Life' landmark: Derek Scott, coxswain of The Mumbles lifeboat, pictured during the special "This Is Your Life" programme about him. Derek, holder of the «/;.«, two silver and one bronze RNLI bravery awards, as... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Shoreline
SHORELINE IS GOING THROUGH One Of the most exciting periods of its life. At the end of August the new Shoreline 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat will be setting out on her delivery trip to Blyth and I am hoping to join her at Spurn Point for the...
Category: Articles
In the Lord Mayor's Procession
The pulling and sailing life-boat Mary Thereasa Boileau (Dungeness, 1912-39) (See page 411). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs