LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Around the Coast
SECOND OF THE STEEL HULLED 18 knot fast afloat Thames class lifeboats, Elizabeth Ann, 50-002, recently completed her first comparative trials with the prototype, 50-001, and with an Arun class boat, 52-02. Although only light to moderate...
Category: Articles
A Fishing Boat
Sea trials interrupted to rescue seriously ill fishermanThe RNL) knows how to get the maximum benefit from its contractors. DML Ltd, the Plymouth-based dockyard, are responsible for building and repairing some of the all-weather lifeboats....
Local learning
Becoming a lifeboat crew member or lifeguard isn’t just a matter of doing a short course at the RNLI College. It’s the regular grassroots training that makes a lifesaver
Can you remember everything you’ve ever been...
Category: Articles
A New Type of Life-Boat
A NEW type of life-boat, known as the Oakley type, came into the service of the Institution in the summer of 1958.
She is 37 feet in length and has a beach weight of 9.12 tons. She is, therefore, light enough to be...
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The Sixth International Life-Boat Conference
THE sixth international life-boat con- ference was held at Ostend from July 23rd to the 25th, 1951, on the invita- tion of the Belgian Administration of Marine. M. H. de Vos, the Director General of the Administration, pre- sided. Fifteen...
Category: Meetings
Tern (1)
Coaster escort Another service which made the headlines was carried out by the Hastings and Eastbourne lifeboats on 14 November 1993.
The coaster Tern was badly down by the head and in severe difficulties 10 miles off the...
The Formby Light-Ship
DECEMBER 8TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 2.20 A.M. a message was received from the Dock Board Authorities that the Formby Light-ship had been in collision with an unknown vessel and was adrift. A fresh N.N.W. wind was blowing, with a...
Basil George
MAY 5TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 3.20 in the afternoon the naval control reported the naval boat B a s i l George, with two men on board, ashore half a mile east of the pier, and asked that the life-boat should be launched. A very...
Douglas Pennant
.—On the 22nd Jan- uary, the life-boat London Sunday Schools and Charles Scare was got out in conse- quence of a message stating that 4 men were to be seen on the Dulas Rocks. The boat was launched in a heavy sea, with a strong easterly wind...
Dell Quay Sales Ltd.
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Dories come in 3 sizes: 11 ft, 13 ft and 17 ft to meet all needs DELL QUAY SALES LIMITED A Wadham Stringer...
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