LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Eagle
Shortly be- fore midnight on the 18th-19th March flares were observed about three miles to the north of the Winterton station, and the crew of the No. 2 Life-boat were promptly mustered. There was a strong S. by E. breeze with a heavy ground...
The Silhouette Class Yacht Last Scrap
At 2 p.m. on 20th May, 1970, it was learnt that a yacht in Moelfre sound was unable to make headway against the wind and tide. The IRB was launched at 2.10 in a strong south westerly wind with a rough sea.
It was three...
The Whitby No. 1 Life-Boat Carried Out More Services Than Any Other In 1952
The Whitby No. 1 Life-Boat Carried Out More Services Than Any Other In 1952. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Active, of Carmarthen
On the morn- ing of the 18th November the sloop Active, of Carmarthen, was observed with signals of distress flying, in Caldy Roads, off Tenby.
There was a heavy gale of wind blowing from W.N.W., and the sea was breaking...
Manx Lass, of Peel (1)
SEPTEMBER 18TH. -PORT ERIN, AND PEEL, ISLE OF MAN. At 11.21 in the morning the Castletown coastguard reported to the Port Erin life-boat station that the Peel life-boat, had launched at eleven o’clock to search for the herring drifter Manx...
Royal Commission on Unseaworthy Ships. Final Report
IN our last number we commented on the j first portion of this important Report, comprising the clauses on "Overloading and Load Line," "Deck Loads," "Grain j Cargoes," and "Survey of British Merchant Ships...
Category: Articles
Cmdr F R H Swann O.B.E. R.N.V.R. (Second Left) a Deputy Chairman of the R.N.L.I. at Lowestoftin February 1968 During a Tour of Life-Boat Stations
Cmdr. F. R. H. Swann, O.B.E., R.N.V.R. (second left), a deputy chairman of the R.N.L.I., at Lowestoftin February, 1968, during a tour of life-boat stations along the East Anglian coast. With him at the life-boat station (from left to right)... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Books
Books The Story Of The Dover Lifeboats The Story Of The Hoylake and West Kirby Lifeboats written and published by Jeff Morris, prices in text Jeff Morris, Honorary Archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts' Society, continues his prolific...
Category: Articles
Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Appeal
Royal National Life-Boat Institution.
Patroness—HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
President—THE BIGHT Hon. EARL PERCY, P.G.
THE COMMITTEE or MANAGEMENT have to state that, during...
Category: Advertisement
Portrait of a Coxswain
Coxswain/Mechanic John E. Bryan, of the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston 44-foot steel life-boat Khami. He was appointed in May, 1967, having previously been a full time mechanic of the former conventional life-boat. Since April, 1961, when he...
Category: Articles