LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The "Dunleary" (Civil Service No. 6). Presented By the Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
A Non-self-righting Motor Life-boat of the Watson type (45 ft by 12 ft. 6 in.}. Fitted with a Tylor engine developing 60 B.H.P.. - View image in PDF
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Close Up
CLOse up Innovation stations Providing more than just a reassuring reminder of the RNLI’s presence, the charity’s 232 stations are as carefully designed as the lifeboats they house.
Elizabeth Paine finds out more When a...
Category: Articles
Duke of Northumberland's Life-Boat Essay Competition, 1932
THE Duke of Northumberland's Life- boat Essay Competition was held this year for the twelfth time. The number of schools taking part in the competition was 2,249, as compared with 2,354 in 1931. The number of schools which took part in...
Category: Articles
Focus on Scarborough
WHEN I arrived at Scarborough, on the Yorkshire coast, night was falling. Down on the fish pier lights twinkled as the wind, the restless wind, tugged at lamp fittings. Sand, like powdered snow, drifted along the promenade, and the wind...
Category: Articles
The Fundraisers
Ferry good idea! Pictured above are 'Hobblers' - the ferrymen who bring visitors over to St Michaels Mount from Marazion between April and the end of October.
They each carry a lifeboat collection box on board and...
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The Wells Life-Boat Ernest Tom Neathercoat—A 37-Foot Oakley—Was Built In 1965. She Is a Self-Righter and Is One of About 20 of Her Type In Service With the R.N.L.I., In Addition to Six 48-Foot 6-Inc
The Wells life-boat Ernest Tom Neathercoat—a 37-foot Oakley—was built in 1965. She is a self-righter and is one of about 20 of her type in service with the R.N.L.I., in addition to six 48-foot 6-inch Oakley and Solent class and six 44-foot... - View image in PDF
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Eventide
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At 8.15 on the morning of the 3rd of April, 1958, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that anxiety was felt for a local open fishing boat which was at sea, as the weather was...
Services of the Life-Boats In January, February and March. 96 Lives Rescued
JANUARY DURING JANUARY life-boats were launched on service 53 times and rescued 15 lives.
t [BOAT FOUND AFTER MESSAGE FROM HELICOPTER Humber, Yorkshire. At 7.25 on the morning of 1st of January, 1959, the coastguard at...
Category: Services
Poole Lifeboat the 44' Waveney Augustine Courtauld on Saturday October 1 Went to the Help of a Catamaran Sparkle In Difficulty With Engine Failure One Mile East Of
Poole lifeboat, the 44' Waveney Augustine Courtauld, on Saturday, October 1, went to the help of a catamaran Sparkle, in difficulty with engine failure one mile east of Hengistbury Head. The wind was west north west, near gale force 7,... - View image in PDF
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Princess Alexandra Meets the Margate Lifeboat Crew In the Company of the Chairman Michael Vernon.
Princess Alexandra meets the Margate lifeboat crew in the company of the Chairman Michael Vernon. A proud day for all concerned - especially as the Princess had been prevented from naming the Margate lifeboat on a previous occasion planned... - View image in PDF
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