LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
(Left) Solent:
(left) Solent: length overall, 48ft 6in; beam 14ft; draught 4ft 6in; displacement 27 tons; maximum speed, over 9 knots; range at full speed, 240 nautical miles. The Solent, introduced in 1969, is a development of the 48ft 6in Oakley and she... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wells: on Board Ernest Tom Nethercoat Coxswain David Cox Explains to the President the Use and Working of a Drogue
Wells: On board Ernest Tom Nethercoat Coxswain David Cox explains to the president the use and working of a drogue.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Story of Dutch Life-Boats
Messrs. Victor Gollancz Ltd. are to be congratulated on producing under the title Wild Water an English edition of a Dutch book by Klaas Toxopeus, which has already had considerable success in the Netherlands (15s.).
Wild...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat: An Appeal
WHEN the wrath of the tempest bursts over the deep, And the woe-laden winds from their fastnesses sweep, And revel and shriek in their terrible glee, As they whirl o'er the breast of the pitiless sea: When the foam-crested billows surge...
Category: Poetry
Mrs. Brandreth Gibbs, of Leigh-On-Sea
By the death of Mrs. H. Brandreth Gibbs, of Leigh-On-Sea, who died on 22nd November, 1929, at the age of 85, the Institution has lost one of its oldest workers. She became a Life-boat worker more than sixty years ago. As far back as 1869 she...
Category: Obituaries
(Left) Atlantic 21 Scoop on Port Side of Transom: Sleeve Is Lowered and So Valve Is Open Hydraulics and Associated Linkage to Starboard
(Left) Atlantic 21 scoop on port side of transom: sleeve is lowered and so valve is open. Hydraulics and associated linkage to starboard.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
M.F.V. Hatcliffe
Long tow FORTH COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Eyemouth lifeboat station at about 1235 on Friday March 25, 1983, that MFV Hatdiffe had broken down and was anchored 4V2 miles north east of St Abbs Head, seven miles north north...
GIVE IT A GO: BEACHCOMBING
Mermaid’s purses, pelican feet, hag stones – would you recognise these on the beach? Beachcomber and RNLI volunteering champion Debbie Corke gives us her tips for coastal finds
This summer, you’ll probably be spending some...
Category: Articles
Town & County
A TOWN & COUNTRY DRIVEWAY Simp1 Driveways money can buy Although a Town & Country driveway is beautiful to look at, its beauty is more than skin deep. Beneath the surface is a unique fibre reinforcement that helps prevent sinking and...
Category: Advertisement
Loch Lorgan (1)
TRAWLER AGROUND At 2 p.m. on I3th December, 1963, the life-boat Louise Stephens was launched at the request of the Colne Fishing Company to lay out an anchor in an attempt to refloat the trawler Loch Lorgan of Lowestoft which was ashore at...