LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THREE minutes before two in the morn- ing of 23rd January. 1939, the honorary secretary of the St. Ives life-boat station was rung up by the district officer of coastguard, who told him that a vessel was in a dangerous position two miles N.N...

and Barra Island's 52ft Barnett R. A. Colby Cubbin No 3 (below right, photograph by courtesy of HMS Gannett) are fitted with emergency air bags to give them a righting capability. The bags are seen here inflated after the two boats had... - View image in PDF

(left) The photograph used to illustrate the Thames class in 'Lifeboat Classes - a Spotter's Guide' in the Autumn issue of The Lifeboat showed the class in its original form. Modifications were carried out which changed the... - View image in PDF

• An appeal from Commander F. R.

H. Swann, O.B.E., R.N.V.R., deputy chairman of the R.N.L.I, and chairman of the Yachtsman's Life-boat Supporters' Association: 'By the end of July membership of the Y.L.A. had...

The requisite qualities of e, life-boatman's life-belt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy (Tmmimmn 28 Ibi., minimum 25 Ibs.) to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support...

Th? 4Kfl bin Ouklrv class l./:nnl-(. 'tulgwimlifeboat - James anil Catherine Macfarlune - pulls ni n from her bouthousc itl Kilcobbcn Cove. Tin- l.i:urtl. The Minion, with its dramatic backdrop, was opened M HK/l I lit' Duke of... - View image in PDF

by Dave Trotter The launch of Padstow's Oakley class lifeboat featured in many RNLI publications and posters, but this is the scene brought up to date as 47-002, relief Tyne class Sam and Joan Woods, is launched during the summer of J988... - View image in PDF

As he restrings his tenor guitar, Seth Lakeman can’t help but have a smile on his face. He’s backstage at a music festival, enjoying the calm before another whirlwind performance. A few days earlier, his new album was propelled into the top...