LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Your Letters
Kits and pieces Sir - I would like to point out to Mr C. J.
Richardson (Your Letters, Spring 1990 issue) that there are several lifeboat models on the market.
Two models are currently available as complete...
Category: Correspondence
Irene
Fowey, Cornwall. At eight o'clock on the evening of the 14th of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was firing red flares three miles south ofFowey. At 8.13 the life-boat Deneys Reit: put out at high...
Familiarisation With the Atlantic 21 Rigid Inflatable Lifeboat By Chris Rundle
AN ABILITY TO KEEP ONE'S HEAD, regardless, seems to be one of the basic qualifications lifeboatmen need.
Especially when they find their world suddenly turned upside down.
Capsizing is not an everyday...
Category: Articles
Naming Ceremonies Handing Over and Dedications
Girvan, June 25 The second of the new 33ft Brede class lifeboats to go on station in Scotland was named Philip Vaux at a ceremony which took place at Girvan Harbour on Saturday June 25. Largely funded from a bequest by the late Mrs Elizabeth...
Category: Inaugurations
Clara
During a strong W.S.W. gale and heavy sea on the 15th October signals of distress were seen on the French schooner Clara, and about the same time a tug reported that the Life-boat was required. The Coxswain of the Life-boat Charlie Medland...
Two Small Vessels, Whim and Saucy Lass
Again on the 14th November, two small vessels, the pilot cutter IVhim, and the lugger Saucy Lass, were seen to be at anchor on the weather side of the Holm Sand, in an extremely dangerous position, and with sig- nals of distress flying. A...
Built to Order Built to Last
The Atlantic 21 has to be tough and reliable - the lives of survivors and crew depend on it. Claire Judd, Assistant Editor, visited the RNLI's Inshore Lifeboat Centre, Cowes, to investigate the work that goes into the construction of...
Category: Articles
Cover Picture
Oban's new lifeboat, the first 33ft Brede lifeboat to go on station, was named Ann Ritchie on May 7 (see page 229). The Brede has been developed from a commercial GRP hull produced by Lochin Marine of Rye and she takes her place among... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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SERVICES REQUESTED At 12.15 p.m. on 22nd March, 1965, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that he had a patient with suspected appendicitis, and requested the services of the life-boat. The mail steamer bound for Galway would be...
THREE MATERNITY CASES
THREE MATERNITY CASES Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—A severe blizzard on the 12th of March, 1947, isolated Campbeltown. On the morning of the 15th a woman with child in the Southend district needed a doctor, and at 10.50 that, morning the motor...