LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Yacht
Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 8th of September, 1960, a message was received that a small yacht with two people on board had been seen drifting ashore on Traigh Sands eight miles from Mallaig....
Statement of the Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution During the Year 1858
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Category: Services
Ilka
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—The No. 1 motor life-boat Abdy Beawlerk was launched at 2.58 P.M. on the 21st August, as the coastguard had reported that a yacht about three-quarters of a mile S.E.
of Orford was signalling for help. A...
Calypso, of Wallasey, St. Trillo (3)
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire; Rhyl, Flintshire; Beaumaris and Moelfre, Anglesey - At 4 p.m. on 6th May, 1968, the coastguard informed the Llandudno honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser had broken down one mile west of Great Ormes Head...
Capsize Drill: In Practice the Crew Remain In the Atlantic As She Is Hauled Over By crane So That They Will Fall Beneath the Hull Where They Would Probably Be Should the Boat Be Capsized at Sea In A
Capsize drill: in practice, the crew remain in the Atlantic as she is hauled over bycrane so that they will fall beneath the hull, where they would probably be should the boat be capsized at sea.
In an inverted state the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE.—The crew of the Life-boat placed here by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION not being satisfied with their boat, and having expressed a strong desire that they might be furnished with another one, the Institution has...
Category: Articles
First Lifeboat Wedding at Littlehampton Station: June Combes Daughter of Crew Member Mick Combes and Jim Osborn the Youngest Member of the Crew Were Mar
First lifeboat wedding at Littlehampton station: June Combes, daughter of Crew Member Mick Combes, and Jim Osborn, the youngest member of the crew, were married at Clymping Church in October, with the lifeboat crew forming an arch of oars as... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Brooke Marine Ltd
Brooke Marine Limited SHIPBUILDERS-ENGINEERS AND CONSULTING NAVAL ARCHITECTS ESTABLISHED 1874 THAMES Type 50 ft Self-Righting Length overall 50' 0" Beam 14' 6* Displacement 23.5 tons Fuel Capacity 400 imp, gallons Twin General...
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Phoenix 194
OCTOBER 18TH. - APPLEDORE, DEVON. A south-westerly gale was blowing up the Bristol Channel, with the heaviest seas that had been seen for several years, when at 3.45 in the afternoon the naval officer-in-charge reported that phoenix 194 -...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution
Royal National Life-Boat Institution.
Patroness — HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
Vice Patron— -His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.
President — His GRACE THE DUKE OF...
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