LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Below Chartwork In the Early Hours
Below. Chartwork in the early hours of Saturday morning, roughly half-way between Portland and Brixham. Practice is bringing our theory to life as Dl John Unwin (left) and crew member Tommy Bassett check our position and course to steer..<... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboats and Lifeguards In Action
The pride of the RNLIA dip into the archives of theLifeboat reveals page after page of award-winning RNLI rescues - and the bravery of crew members continues. But how does the RNLI choose those extra-special services that merit an award?A...
Category: Services
David Case Hon Sec at Wells In Norfolk Makes Up His Log During An Emergency An Example of the Detail to Be Found In His Painstaking Record Can Be Seen on P
David Case Hon Sec at Wells In Norfolk Makes Up His Log During An Emergency An Example of the Detail To Be Found In His Painstaking Record Can Be Seen On P. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The R.N.L.I. Has Built Up Over 140 Years a Major Collection of Life-Boat Photographs and Illustrations. But Life-Boat Crews In Hazardous Conditions Seldom Get the Chance to Take Photographs. Som
The R.N.L.I. has built up over 140 years a major collection of life-boat photographs and illustrations. But life-boat crews in hazardous conditions seldom get the chance to take photographs. Sometimes the R.A.F. photographs lifeboats on... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Susilla
High and dry on the Solway Firth From the shifting sand and mud banks of the Solway Firth, the grounded yacht Susiila radioed for help. It took a joint service by Workington and Silloth Lifeboats to locate the yacht and find a way to reach...
Floralie (2)
French trawler THE FRENCH TRAWLER Floralie, 30 miles off Trevose Head on a bearing of 287°, reported in the early hours of Friday October 17, 1980, that she had a serious leak and needed immediate assistance. HMS Pollington, 40 miles...
The S.S. Alkon
Coverack, Cornwall - At 9.40 a.m. on 7th September, 1966, a large steamer was reported in a dangerous position inside the Manacle rocks in thick fog. At 10 o'clock the life-boat William Taylor of Oldham was launched. It was high...
Hrh the Duke of Kent Talks to Medallists and Voluntary Workers at a Reception Following the Presentations
HRH The Duke of Kent talks to medallists and voluntary workers at a reception following the presentations. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Motor Fishing Boats Snowdrop and Shooting Star
NOVEMBER 27TH. - NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN. At 12.45 P .M. a message was received from the coastguard that two men in a rowing boat were in difficulties one and a half miles east of Annalong. A N.W. gale, with sleet showers, was blowing, and the...
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