LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Whitby Motor Fishing Coble Jane and Ann
DECEMBER 28TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
At 1.45 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that the local Whitby motor fishing coble, Jane and Ann, with a crew of four, was sheltering in Robin Hood’s Bay, Wyke, six miles south of...
January 1881: Three Weeks of Storms and Blizzards Just a Hundred Years Ago By Ray Kipling Public Relations Officer
A CENTURY AGO lifeboat crews were nearly all fishermen who spent most of their time working at sea and were well used to long periods of exposure in harsh conditions. Their lifeboats, although the best of their day, were simple open boats...
Category: Articles
Receiving a Cheque from the Derbyshire Association of Sub Aqua Clubs
When you are representing the RNLI and receiving a cheque from the Derbyshire Association of Sub Aqua Clubs you have to be prepared to sink to certain depths. This is what Shoreline member John Tester (r) did when Peter Townend (I) made the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Muschi, the Feline Storm Force Member, Taking Things Easy at the Grand Old Age of 13!
Muschi, the feline storm force member, taking things easy at the grand old age of 13!. - View image in PDF
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Port Isaac Ilb Stood By While An Attempt Was Made on October 5 1975 to Rescue Bullocks Which Had Fallen Down the Cliff at Port Quin
Port Isaac ILB stood by while an attempt was made, on October 5, 1975, to rescue bullocks which had fallen down the cliff at Port Quin. - View image in PDF
photographs by courtesy of E. J. Watts, Rock. - View image in PDF
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A Hundred Years Ago. A Wreck of Aberdeen
THE brig Superb, of Aberdeen, was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in April, 1829, out of which three men were saved (two having died in the rigging), by Win. Mudd and S. Wordley, masters of two smacks, after persevering exertion during fifteen...
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Going quackers! the Frame Sub Aqua Club raised £700 at its duck race,
Going quackers! The Frame Sub Aqua Club raised £700 at its duck race, the proceeds of which will be split between the club and the RNLI. Each of the 700 ducks was sponsored at £1 a time and club member Mike Moore seems to be having... - View image in PDF
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Boats & Bits
NO YOU'RE NOT DREAMING! You can advertise free of charge your powerboat, yacht, sailing dinghy, jetski, motorboat, wetsuit, waterskis, in fact anything that is connected with water sports in the brand new FREE ADS MAGAZINE 1st Issue End...
Category: Advertisement
(Below) Fig 5: Propeller Tunnel Flattens Out to Forward End Return Chock (Right) Note Drainage Hole Just Aft of Chock
(Below) Fig. 5: Propeller tunnel flattens out to forward end return chock (right). Note drainage hole just aft of chock.. - View image in PDF
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The Royal Air Force and the Life-Boat Service Entertain One Another
The Royal Air Force and The Life-Boat Service Entertain One Another. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs