LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ceremony for the Lizard's New Tyne Class Lifeboat
Mrs Jean Baker (second from right), daughter of Sir David Robinson whose bequest funded the lifeboat, at the naming and dedication ceremony for The Lizard's new Tyne class lifeboat.
With her are (from left to right) her... - View image in PDF
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Pallion, of Sunderland
The last service rendered at the Caister Life-boat station in 1872 was that on the 10th Dec., by the Boys Life-boat, when she proceeded out, during a gale from E.N.E., to the aid of the brig Pallion, of Sunderland, which had been fouled by...
Sarah Joan
Fishing vessel towed to safety A fishing boat, grounded on rocks and taking in water, was towed safety amid thick fog on 12 May thanks to the crew of Lerwick's relief lifeboat Fraser Flyer.
The Severn class lifeboat...
The Life-Boat
The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of the different types of Life-boats used in the Institution's service. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view. Fig. 2 the " plan " or deck view. Fig....
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The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
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Humane Society's Medal for a Welsh Life-Boatman
THE Royal Humane Society has awarded its bronze medal and certificate to Robert John Gammon, the mechanic of the life-boat at The Mumbles, for attempting to rescue a "frogman" •who was working under water on repairs to the pier....
Category: Awards
The Life-Boat Work on the Goodwin Sands
ON the night of the storm the coxswain of the life-boat entered the watch-house, clad in Ms black oilskin garments, and glittering with salt-water from top to too.
" There will be more work for us before long,...
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Services of the Life- Boats of the Institution During 1937
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Category: Services
The S.S. Ria de Cormes, of Cadiz
MARCH 2ND. - WALMER, KENT. At 4.35 in the morning the Deal coastguard reported a vessel in distress off South Goodwin Light-vessel. A northerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. At five o’clock, the motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil...
Another Safety First for the Rnli:
Another safety first for the RNLI: The 52ft Arun which will soon be going on station at Fishguard is the first lifeboat to be fitted with a radar scanner which has been made watertight. During her righting trials at Cowes on May 5, the Arun... - View image in PDF
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