LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Naming Ceremonies
THIRTEEN new motor life-boats were named during 1952. Six were on the English coast, at Barrow-in-Furness, Clacton-on-Sea, Hoylake, Minehead, Padstow and Plymouth; four on the Scottish coast, at Aberdeen, Eyemouth, Gourdon and Whitehills;...
Category: Inaugurations
Mfv St.Patrick Taking Water Into Her Engine Room Was Towed Into Harbour on November 12 1975 By the 44' Waveney Lifeboat 40-001 on Temporary Duty at Great Yarmo
MFV St Patrick, taking water into her engine room, was towed into harbour on November 12, 1975, by the 44' Waveney lifeboat 40-001, on temporary duty at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston.
The lifeboat was under the command... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
April
APRIL Launches 77. Lives rescued 131.
APRIL 1ST. - TORBAY, DEVON. At 11.53 P.M. on 31st March, a message was received from the resident naval officer at Brixham that a boat from H.M.S. Pomerol with men on board was adrift...
Category: Services
As Reported on Page 108, 46-Foot 9-Inch and 47- Watson Class Life-Boats Are Being Fitted With Two Self-inflatable Bags Which Will Bring Them Back to the Upright Position If They Should Capsize Once.
As reported on page 108, 46-foot 9-inch and 47-foot Watson class life-boats are being fitted with two selfinflatable bags which will bring them back to the upright position if they should capsize once. The pictures, beginning left with a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Working Scale Model of a Typical North West Durham Coal Mine Has Been Made By Mr J C Robinson Ofmedomsley the Model Which Is In Mr Robinson's Garden Took 15 Years to Build and Ev
A working, scale model of a typical north west Durham coal mine has been made by Mr J. C. Robinson ofMedomsley. The model, which is in Mr Robinson's garden, took 15 years to build and every unit works. With the help of seven assistants,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sunday May 26 1974: North Berwick Ilb Blue Peter Iii Took Medical Assistance to a Boy Who Had Fallen Over the Cliff In a Bay Which Could Only Be Reached from Seaward T
Sunday, May 26, 1974: North Berwick ILB Blue Peter III took medical assistance to a boy who had fallen over the cliff in a bay which could only be reached from seaward. The boy was found to be too badly injured to be taken off by sea, and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Helmsman Donald Jones (Right) Has Been Awarded a Bronze Medal and Crew Member Paul Frost a Medal Service Certificate for the Rescue In a Force 7 Gusting 9 Wind
Helmsman Donald Jones (right) has been awarded a bronze medal and Crew Member Paul Frost a medal service certificate for the rescue, in a force 7 gusting 9 wind, of two boys cut off by the tide. photograph by courtesy of Philip... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Note In Background Crane Which Will Capsize the Rather for Her Righting Trial and on Her Stem Dial to Indicate Angle of Heel When Engine Shut-Down Switch Operates
Note in background crane which will capsize the Rather for her righting trial and, on her stem, dial to indicate angle of heel when engine shut-down switch operates.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Looking Across One Corner of Machine Shop to Area Where Lifejackets Are Serviced and Ilbs Held for Distribution to the Coast; All Major Ilb Servicing Is Done at Cowes
Looking across one corner of machine shop to area where lifejackets are serviced and ILBs held for distribution to the coast; all major ILB servicing is done at Cowes.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
52-01, Arun, Prototype of Her Class, Now Stationed at Barry Dock. As Soon As She Was Launched It Was Clear That Here Was the Embodiment of New Ideas.
52-01, Arun, prototype of her class, now stationed at Barry Dock. As soon as she was launched it was clear that here was the embodiment of new ideas.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs