LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

IN the last number of the Life-boat Journal (August, 1900) this sketch was taken up to 1840, when the Liverpool type of Life-boat came into use, and the improvements in that type were traced up to the present date.

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General Motors are proud that their Detroit Diesel engines have been chosen to power the R.N.L1 44ft & 52ft stee lifeboats.

General Motors Limited, Power and Industrial Division, London Road, Wellingborough, NN8 2DI,...

Tough, Rel able, When rescue services are called out in extremely rough weather conditions, confidence is assured when supported by a lifeboat that's tough & reliable. FBM have been building tough and reliable boats for many years....

Tough, Rel able, When rescue services are called out in extremely rough weather conditions, confidence is assured when supported by a lifeboat that's tough & reliable. FBM have been building tough and reliable boats for many years....

Weymouth, Dorsetshire.—About five o'clock in the afternoon of the 8th of September, 1949, the life-boat William and Clara Ryland was returning to her station after overhaul at Cowes when she saw distress signals from the motor yacht...

The women launchers at Boulmer, Northumberland. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor? How about Butcher, Baker and Candlestick Maker? Or, in the case of the RNLI, shore helper, medic, lifeboat crew and press officer? Mention any of these jobs and...

The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life-belt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, and to enable him to support another person besides...

The requisite qualities of a Life-boat man's lifebelt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy, 22 Ibs., to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides...