LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Garnock
Troon: Monday February 27, 1984, at 1135, Troon's 44ft Waveney class lifeboat, Connel Elizabeth Cargill, under the command of Coxswain/Mechanic Ian Johnson, left her mooring after reports that the tug Garnock had been damaged by an...
Ella (2)
Gourdon, Kincardineshire ; Arbroath and Montrose, Angus.—At 12.20 in the morning of the 8th of July, 1948, the Gourdon coastguard reported to Gour- don life-boat station that the rowing boat Ella, with a crew of three, was expected, but had...
Reliance, of Whtiby
On the 11th February, the Yarmouth surf life-boat went off in reply to signals of distress from a vessel on the North Beach. A heavy gale was blowing from the S.S.E. at the time. When the life- boat arrived alongside, the sea was making a...
Beginning of the New Fleet
When the war in Europe ended sixteen months ago, six life-boats were in the yard waiting to be finished. Four of them have since gone to the coast.
Of the 29 life-boats which the Institution had planned to build as soon as...
Category: Articles
The Pinnace from H.M.S. Verulam
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. — At twelve minutes past midnight on the 1st of June, 1953, the pier nightwatchman told the life-boat motor mechanic that the pinnace from H.M.S. Verulam, which was anchored in Llandudno Bay, had sent an S O S...
A New Experimental Life-Boat With a Glass-Reinforced Plastic Hull and Deck— She Is 40-Foot Long-Was on 15Th January 1969 on View Tothe Press at Newhaven Sussex Her
A new experimental life-boat with a glass-reinforced plastic hull and deck— she is 40-foot long-was on 15th January, 1969, on view tothe press at Newhaven, Sussex. Here the boat, which has a maximum speed of 19 knots and cruising speed of 17... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Tory
Arklow, Co. Wicklow.—At 4.50 in the afternoon of the llth of April, 1949, the yacht Tory, which was being taken by a crew of two to new owners in Liverpool, was seen making for the harbour. A fresh south-west wind was blowing, with a heavy...
NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT MUSEUM
NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT MUSEUM On the quayside in the heart of the city's dockland is the largest display of Historic Lifeboats in Europe.
Come and see the Lizzie Porter from Holy Island, now fully restored, on the sole...
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Wings of the Morning and Jonarra
Margate, Kent. At 5.19 on the after- noon of the 3rd of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat appeared to be in difficulties two miles east of Tongue Sand Fort. The life-boat North Fore- land (Civil...
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