LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
"Heroes of the Sea" Film
THIS film, which was presented to the Institution in 1931, by British Inter- national Pictures, and was first shown in February of that year, has during the following four years been shown in 415 cinemas, and has collected for the...
Category: Articles
Howth:
Howth: (above) The new lifeboathouse was dedicated on April 14. (I to r) Mr John Guinness, chairman Howth branch, His Excellency President P. J. Hillery, Lord Killanin, vice-president of the Committee of Management, Father B. Kelly, Mrs Joan... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fides
LOWESTOFT.—On the evening of the 19th March, at about 8 o'clock, the schooner J%fcs, of Nyborg, Denmark, bound from Newcastle to Kgueira, with a cargo of coal, while riding ia the roads began to drive, aad at 9 o'clock, the coxswain...
Alice
Disaster to the Rye Life-boat.
The Whole Crew Drowned.
THE worst disaster which has fallen on the Life-boat Service for many years occurred on 15th November. It fell with crushing weight on the gallant...
Fig 7: to Provide the Extra Amps Needed to Run Valentine Wyndham- Quin's New Radar Fleet Mechanic Steven Bet Son Fitted An Alternator to Each of Her Twin Parson Porb
Fig. 7: To provide the extra amps needed to run Valentine Wyndham- Quin's new radar, Fleet Mechanic Steven Bet son fitted an alternator to each of her twin Parson Porbeagle engines. She was at Ian Browns for complete survey.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Eleventh RNLI national lottery winners
THE ELEVENTH RNLI national lottery was drawn at Poole HQ on January 30 by Mr P. H. Byrt, manager of Poole branch of Marks and Spencer, a company which has given considerable support to the lifeboat service in a number of ways. Poole lifeboat...
Category: Articles
Notes of the Quarter
A NUMBER of important developments took pJace during the late summer of 1963 in the process, which is a con- tinuous and unending one, of moderniz- ing and improving the life-boat fleet.
A decision was taken to install...
Category: Articles
A Sailing Boat (1)
Shoreham Harbour, and Worthing, Sussex.
—On the afternoon of the 30th May, 1939, a sailing boat, with a crew of two, father and son, capsized about two miles off Goring. A moderate N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate...
Feature Keeping It Covered
The RNLI has a commitment to the UK and Irish governments to provide a lifeboat service for both countries - that means covering a massive 8,850 miles of coastline up to 50 miles out to sea. In order to provide this search and rescue cover,...
Category: Articles
Erlo Hills
Fourteen rescued A TRAWLER, Erlo Hills, ashore north west of the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire, was reported by Clyde Coastguard to the honorary secretary of Campbeltown lifeboat station at 0655 on Friday October 2, 1981. Maroons were fired...