LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Are Life-Boat Days a Nuisance?
THE thousands who collect for the Institution on life-boat days and who are sometimes told by those to whom they appeal that " these flag days are a perfect nuisance " may find a useful reply in the following letter, which appeared...
Category: Articles
Modern Lifeboats Carry Their Communications Aerials As High As Possible
Modern lifeboats carry their communications aerials as high as possible on the superstructure. In this photograph of the prototype Trent class there are two MF aerials at the side of the upper steering position - one connected to the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Violet and Evelyn
GORLESTON.—On the 13th November signals of distress were seen in a N.E.
direction, and rockets were fired from the St. Nicholas Lightship, in response to which the Life-boat Leicester proceeded out, and found the Violet...
Mablethorpe: After Putting Ashore Two Injured Men from the Grounded Barge Almeco
Mablethorpe: After putting ashore two injured men from the grounded barge Almeco, Helmsman William Tuplin (I) and Crew Member Wayne Docking prepare to relaunch the D class inflatable lifeboat to return to the casualty. The third lifeboatman,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Additional Life-Boat Stations
Fully impressed as we are with the conviction that more life-boat stations, and improved organization of the boats already established, are the two most pressing wants on our coasts, we are gratified to be able to announce that since the...
Category: Articles
German Gratitude for a Life-Boat Rescue. Award of Iron Plaque to the Crew at Thurso, Caithness-Shire
THE German Government has awarded to the Crew of the Life-boat at Thurso, Caithness-shire, " an Iron Plaque for rescue from distress at sea," diplomas to the Coxswain, Second Coxswain and Bowman, and certificates to the members of...
Category: Services
Helmsman Elisabeth Hostvedt (Front), An Atlantic College Student from Norway, Was the First Female RNLI Crew Member.
Helmsman Elisabeth Hostvedt (front), an Atlantic College student from Norway, was the first female RNLI crew member. She is pictured with fellow students about to launch at the Atlantic College slipway in the 1960s. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Magic moments
They have helped Harry Potter out of a few scrapes on the big screen – but what real lifesaving antics have cinema’s favourite twins been getting up to?
Filmgoers have been under Harry Potter’s...
Category: Articles
Inflatables Were First Introduced Into Service In 1962 and the Current Development Is the Atlantic 21 Rigid Bottomed Inshore Rescue Boat Here Shown at Speed
Inflatables were first introduced into service in 1962, and the current development is the Atlantic 21 rigid bottomed inshore rescue boat, here shown at speed. - View image in PDF
by courtesy of David Parker. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs