LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A British Anson Aeroplane (1)
NOVEMBER 6TH. - ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE, AND BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE. A British Anson aeroplane had crashed into the sea and both life-boats were launched. The Aberystwyth boat put out without waiting for the secondcoxswain and assistant...
Noel and Progress
Early in the morning of the llth March several fishing boats went to sea, and all except two returned before low water. Th wind had freshened considerably from the east, and there was a lot of sea on Whitby Rock, which would sweep up the...
Coxswain at the Wheel
Staff Coxswain Sydney Hills at the wheel of the new 44-foot steel life-boat after completion of her trials in December. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Prince of Wales and Mrs. Polly Donkin
The Prince of Wales and Mrs Polly Donkin. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Weymouth - South Division
Weymouth's sheltered and relatively deep harbour enables the station's Arun class to lie afloat - visible between the piles to the right of the harbour in the centre of the main photo.
The Arun can be seen more... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A phenomenal day
On a day when the highest wave ever recorded off the western shores of Ireland tipped 20.4m, Fenit lifeboat crew were called into action
On 13 December 2011, with a violent storm force 11...
Category: Articles
The Converted Ship's Boat Permit
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 1.0 in the afternoon on the 7th of August, 1951, the Formby coastguard reported that a cutter rigged yacht was off Formby Point. Twenty minutes later he said conditions were bad and her sails had been damaged. At 1...
Thanks from the Admiralty
Following the assistance given by the Bembridge life-boat to H.M.S. Submarine Alliance after she had grounded in January, 1968, Admiral Sir John Frewen, K.C.B., Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, wrote to the Institution: 'I should like to...
Category: Correspondence
Opposite: the Crew Carry Out Regular Training
Opposite: The crew carry out regular training for winching off cliffs, near Findochy on the Moray Firth. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs