LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat Station
(See Diagrams on next page.) The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat
(See Diagrams on next page.) The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general...
Category: Articles
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Category: Advertisement
On the Variations of the Reading of the Barometer and the Weather In the Months of October and November, 1864
By JAMES GLAISHER, Esq., F.R.S.
THE variations in the readings of the barometer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, are shown in the annexed diagram, including 46 days, ending the 30th of November, daring which period...
Category: Articles
Two Sisters (1)
JANUARY 5TH AND 6TH. - NEWBIGGIN, AND NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 5.5 P .M. the coast-guard reported to the Newbiggin station that the sixteen-feet fishing boat Two Sisters, of Newbiggin, had not returned. An...
Two Dinghies
New Brighton, Cheshire - At 9.55 p.m. on 2nd July, 1966, two dinghies were stranded off Guinea Gap. The life-boat Norman B. Corlett was launched at 10.10 in a light west-south-westerly wind and a smooth sea. It was rour hours after lew water...
Mr. Punch In 1883. Ready! A Business-Like Ballad
My Lads, lend ear! There's a yarn to spin on an old but honest text.
When round our cliffs and our headlands hoar our winter seas are vext, When the waves are lashed by the wind- flouts wild that come with the condor...
Category: Poetry
The Casualties Are Brought Ashore
The casualties are brought ashore and taken to hospital if necessary.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Feature: Safety at the Seaside
Imagine you're on a beach in the summer sun. Nearby there's a family enjoying a day out. One child is building a huge sandcastle and another is playing in the water with friends.
Their laughter and excited shouts...
Category: Articles
The Annual Meetings 2000
The RNLI's Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards, held on 18 May 2000, once again took place at the Barbican Centre in the City of London. The morning AGM allowed Chairman David Acland, who retires at the end of July, to...
Category: Meetings