LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Made to Measure:
Made to measure: it took Brian Dew (above) six months to build this 1112th scale working model of Padstow's new 47ft Tyne class lifeboat. The model is built of wood andfibreglass, has twin electric motors for propulsion and for operating... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sonnet
About 3 P.M. on the 23rd May information was received that a steam-drifter was ashore on Braga Skerry. The crew of the Life-boat Good Shepherd were promptly summoned and the boat sent to their assistance. On arrival at the vessel, which...
£212 from a Leeds Christmas Tree
LAST Christmas a Leeds firm, Messrs.
Schofields, had a Christmas tree in the arcade outside their stores and asked for a life-boat collecting box to put beside it. They collected in it £212 9s.
The...
Category: Donations
Aquamanda II
Atlantic tows MFV and four crew to safety from lee shoreHelmsman Jonathan Adnams of Southwold lifeboat station has been accorded the Thanks of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution inscribed on Vellum, following a service to a fishing...
Axel
COURTOWN.—It having been reported that a barque was flying signals of distress, the Life-boat Three Sisters put off at 8 A.M. on the 30th September, in strong N.E. breeze and a moderate sea.
On reaching the vessel, which...
Launching By Slipway
The Motor Life-boat Edward, Prince of Wales, at the Mumbles.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Aged Two
Miss Brenda Avril Fish collecting on life-boat day at New Quay, Cardigan.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Earl Mountbatten of Burma Aboard Shoreham Life-Boat
The life-boat was exhibited at the International Boat Show in London. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Urgent
At daybreak on the 24th October, 1872, the Urgent, a barge, becoming unnavigable when off Jury's Gap, hoisted signals of distress, and commenced firing minute guns. It was blowing hard from the S.S.W., and a heavy sea was running; so...
A Steamer
On the evening of the 31st December, 1931, prolonged blasts on a steamer's whistle were heard. There was fog and it was assumed that a vessel had run aground, either on the Smethwick Sands or under the South Cliffs. The No. 2 Pulling and...