LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Esthonian Steamer Mina
Penlee, and Sennen Cove, Cornwall.—On the 21st December the Esthonian steamer Mina, of Parnu, got into difficulties through her rudder shaft breaking.
A strong south-westerly breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The...
Diesel Engines
SINCE the first experiments with motor life-boats in 1904, the Institution has used petrol engines. Diesel engines, although they have important advan- tages have, until recently, not been possible, because, with their low speed of...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Christmas Card and Calendar
THE Institution will again have a Christmas card and a pocket calen- dar.
The card will be a reproduction in colour of the picture below. It is a photograph of the Coverack (Cornwall) life-boat being launched on service and...
Category: Advertisement
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, President of the Institution, Comes Ashore After Inspecting the New Dover Life-Boat Faithful Forester After the Naming Ceremony on 26th July, 1967
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, president of the Institution, comes ashore after inspecting the new Dover life-boat Faithful Forester after the naming ceremony on 26th July, 1967.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Burnham-On-Crouch April 21 1987:
Burnham-On-Crouch April 21 1987:. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Obituaries
It is with deep regret that we announce the following deaths: August William Braund, coxswain of Clovelly lifeboat from 1956 to 1968. He had joined the crew in 1922 and served as bowman from 1935 to 1936, as assistant mechanic from 1936 to...
Category: Obituaries
Three Station Secretaries
THE Institution has recently lost three very distinguished secretaries of life- boat stations, for whose long services it is very grateful.
Mr. Alexander Robertson, of Eastbourne Mr. Alexander Robertson, of East- bourne,...
Category: Obituaries
Above. Enniskillen Lifeboat Station's Atlantic 21
Above. Enmskillen lifeboat station's Atlantic 21 takes to the water. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lofty Lifesavers
Lofty lifesavers Sometimes, lifeboats need a little help from above. The Lifeboat meets the air crew who play their part in sea rescues – and who are lifesavers in their own right It’s a chilly Sunday morning on the windy, exposed airfield...
Category: Articles
Senior Crew Member Pc Ben Usher at Withernsea Ilb Station In the Establishment of Which He Played An Important Part Photograph By Courtesy of Humberside Police
Senior Crew Member PC Ben Usher at Withernsea ILB station, in the establishment of which he played an important part. photograph by courtesy of Humberside Police. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs