LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Hyannis Massachusetts to Rockland Maine By M G K Pennell
THE OPPORTUNITY to visit overseas lifeboat organisations is usually limited to the four-yearly International Lifeboat Conference; to be invited, and spon-' sored privately, to spend a week in the United States for what was to prove a...
Category: Articles
Christiana Davies
On the 18th March, during a strong N.E. gale and a very heavy sea, the new Motor Life-boat John Taylor Cardwell was launched to the assistance of the schooner Christiana Davies, of Barrow. The vessel, whilst bound to Dublin with a cargo of...
In Conference
The RNLI's Head of Public Relations, Edward Wake-Walker, concludes his report from the 1995 International Lifeboat Conference with a look at the development of new lifeboats around the world and initiatives to improve safety at sea There...
Category: Meetings
Mannofield
The steam- trawler Mannofield, of Aberdeen, whilst bound to Aberdeen with a cargo, was obliged to anchor in Dunnet Bay owing to a shortage of coal. A heavy gale had prevailed for three days, and the sea was also heavy, and as the vessel was...
Susan Vittery (1)
Roulare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At 10.59 on the night of the 21st of Septem- ber, 1949, the life-boat coxswain saw a vessel in the Bay firing red flares and rockets. At 11.12 the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson left her moorings in a very...
Letters
Twin pedal power For Northfleet Carnival I built a lifeboat round my bicycle and here is a photograph of 'yours truly' at the helm (or should I say handlebars?) while pedalling along in the carnival on July 1. We had a collection...
Category: Correspondence
Your Letters
Lifeboats at Dunkirk With reference to the letter in the Summer issue regarding the Poole lifeboat Thomas Kirk Wright and her work during the Dunkirk evacuation in May/June 1940.
A total of 19 RNLI lifeboats took part in...
Category: Correspondence
Fjordheim
The No. 2 Life-boat Edmund Harvey and the Insti- tution's steam-tug were called out for service at 8 P.M. on the 6th March. A telephone message stated that signals of distress had been reported N.N.E.
from Pentire, and...
Cdr Peter Roe Operations Room Officer Checks a Position on the Chart While Julie Mannd (I) Assistant Boat Movements Officer Receives a Telephone Message from A
Cdr Peter Roe, operations room officer, checks a position on the chart while Julie Mannd (I.), assistant boat movements officer, receives a telephone message from a station honorary secretary and Margaret Pearce, operations room assistant,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Material Revolution
"he days when wood was the automatic choice of material from which to build a lifeboat have long gone - today aluminium, steel and a new generation of composites are providing the solutions to technical problems. James Paffett explains ...
Category: Articles