LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
When Stanley Brett District Engineer (North West) Retired After 38 Years Service Motor Mechanics from Lifeboat Stations In All Parts of the North West of England and W
When Stanley Brett, district engineer (north west), retired after 38 years service, motor mechanics from lifeboat stations in all parts of the north west of England and Wales gathered at the Grange Hotel, Rhyl, to wish him well. Mr Brett,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Rubaan
DE C . 1 6 T H . - THE LIZARD CORNWALL.
The S.S. Rubaan, of Glasgow, struck the rocks a mile S.W. of The Lizard. A strong E.N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 1.45 A.M. the motor lifeboat Duke of York was...
Keeping Watch
Portsmouth lifeboat volunteers Peter Slidel and Tina Parkinson were going about their daily lives on 27 February when a drama started to unfold before them.
Peter says: ‘I was enjoying a coffee at Tina’s burger van when I...
Category: Articles
S.S. Barnhill
AUGUST 13TH. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX.
At about 1.30 in the afternoon the Langney Point coastguard telephoned that seven men working on the wreck of the S.S. Barnhill should be taken off at once.
A strong S.W....
Racing Dinghies (2)
Five lifeboats rescue racing dinghies Lifeboats from Hartlepool.Teesmouth and Redcar launched to help 30 dinghies that capsized in gale-force winds on 28 August. The dinghies, competing in a 100-strong race in Hartlepool Bay, were caught out...
Golden Charter
YOUR CHILDREN PROBABLY WON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THIS, HAVE YOU EVER tried to speak to your Once you've paid for your plan, by single payment or family about when you 're gone? If they don't want to listen, flexible...
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The Problem of the Life-Belt
OF the many problems which confront the technical officers of the Institution few have caused so much careful thought and discussion as the design of an efficient life-belt.
Until the year 1904 the question was
Category: Articles
A Sailing Yacht (2)
AUG. 31ST. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A small sailing yacht with two men on board had broken adrift and was being carried out to sea in a dense fog, but when the motor life-boat found her she was safely at anchor and did not need help. -...
The Motor Fishing Boats Success, Venus, Pilot Me and Galilee
At 11.30 A.M. on the 29th December the local motor fishing boats Success, Venus, Pilot Me and Galilee were expected home. A moderate easterly breeze was blowing, with rain showers and fog, and a strong sea, coming with the flood tide, was...
Pioneer
Fraserburgh, Aberdeensbire. — Early on the morning of the 5th October, 1939, the assistant harbour master saw distress signals coming from the bay. A strong E.S.E. wind was blowing with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat John and Charles...