LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Teens adrift
12 July: Four teenagers and an adult found themselves powerless when their angling boat's engine failed. They were drifting towards rocks near Ardnamurchan Point, the most westerly part of the British...
Category: Articles
None (22)
Porthcawl, Glamorganshire - At 4.20 p.m. on ist May, 1966, the crew of the IRB heard a police radio message that four youths were stranded on a rock. The IRB was launched at 4.21 in a light southerly wind and a moderate ground sea. It was...
Irene
The Motor Life- boat George Shee was launched at 4.45 A.M. on the 26th November, as a telephone message had been received from the Coastguard that a fishing boat, about two miles south of Combe Point, was burning flares. A strong W. breeze...
Irene
Tynemouth, Northumberland. — At 4.25 on the afternoon of the 17th of July, 1950, Lloyds Hailing Station, North Shields, reported that a steamer had informed Cullcrcoats Radio that a small fishing vessel one mile east of Tyne North Pier, was...
Some Ways of Raising Money
Lt E. Gough, the RNLI's staff officer (Communications), sent the message Uniform Whisky One (UW1) to the Boys' Brigade at Aigburth, Liverpool, after they had raised £36 by mounting a display about the sea, doing figure marching...
Category: Donations
Ceremonies
North Sunderland Mersey class Grace Darling Despite forecasts of heavy rain, the morning of Tuesday 24 September dawned bright.
However, there was also a Force 8/9 gale which caused the naming ceremony site at North...
Category: Inaugurations
RNLI In Action
Cruise liner in crisis Six lifeboats launched on 6 May 2006 to the help of The Calypso (pictured). The 135m liner and 708 passengers were 15 miles south of Beachy Head, East Sussex, when fire broke out. Tyne classes MaxAitken III from...
Category: Articles
Britains Pride, of Falmouth
About midnight, on the 24th of January, 1868, the life-boat and steam-tug Vulcan proceeded to sea in answer to signal-guns from the Gull Light Ship. They cruised along the edge of the sand during a heavy gale, with snow, sleet, and rain,...
An Aeroplane (132)
SEPTEMBER 2lST. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. At 6.10 A.M. a message was received from the naval signal station that an aeroplane had fallen into the sea near the north landing, and at 6.35 A.M. the motor life-boat Elizabeth and Albina Whitley...
(Right) the Grp Hull Is Stiffened With Frames (18" Maximum Centres) and Longitudinals Constructed of Foam Formers Over-Laminated With Chopped Glass Mat, Unidirectio
(Right) The GRP hull is stiffened with frames (18" maximum centres) and longitudinals constructed of foam formers over-laminated with chopped glass mat, unidirectional tape and resin.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs