LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Yacht in peril
20 March: Lymington and Yarmouth Five people onboard a 12m yacht, Sea Jay IV, called for help when her mast collapsed and went overboard after catastrophic gear failure in high winds off Hurst Castle. Lymington...
Category: Articles
37' 6" Rather Class Lifeboat a Development of the 37' Oakley Redesigned So That Self-Righting Potential Is Derived Entirely from Hull Form Volume of Superstructure Is Sub
37' 6" Rather class lifeboat, a development of the 37' Oakley redesigned so that self-righting potential is derived entirely from hull form. Volume of superstructure is substantially increased to give buoyancy necessary to right... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Spanish Awards: Presentations at Ilfracombe
AT the annual meeting, the Duke of San Lucar la Mayor, the Spanish Charge d'Affaires, announced the awards which the Spanish Life-boat Society had made for the rescue of 23 lives from the Spanish steamer Monte Gurugu in the Bristol...
Category: Awards
The Life-Boat Saturday Movement
EVEN the most sanguine supporters of the "Life-boat Saturday" movement cannot fail to be gratified with the remarkable manner in which this popular organisation, aided by the Ladies' Committees, formed as an auxiliary for...
Category: Articles
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Longhope, Orkneys.—At 1.45 on the afternoon of the 20 th of July, 1956, the Chief Constable of Kirkwall re- ported that a German student had been landed by motor boat on the Island of Switha to study bird life two days earlier. It was known...
A hint to parents
Lifesaving is not just about pulling people out of the water. Saving lives by changing the attitudes and behaviour of children and young people has always played a vital role in the RNLI’s work.
As early as 1860 the...
Category: Articles
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Category: Advertisement
Atlantis
Broughty Ferry, Angus.—At 7.10 on the evening of the 8th of April, 1957, the honorary secretary received a telephone message from the Air Sea Rescue Unit at Tayport saying the poliee had asked the unit to send a motor launch to a position...
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of James Thomas Upperton, the coxswain of the Shoreham Harbour life-boat. Cox- swain Upperton first joined the crew in 1910. He became second coxswain in 1940 and in 1947 he was appointed coxswain. He is a holder...
Category: Articles
Lymington September 5 1986:
Lymington, September 5, 1986: Between her delivery to the station in June and her dedication (left) in September, Lymington's new Atlantic 21 lifeboat Frank and Mary Atkinson had been out on service no fewer than 14 times. The boat had... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs