LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sorel, of Denmark
Lerwick, Shetland - At 9.46 p.m on 9th March, 1967, a fishing vessel was reported nearly ashore in the south harbour.
At 10.10 the life-boat Claude Cecil Staniforth proceeded in a rough sea. The tide was flooding. The C.R.E...
Kurt Arlt and Petrel (1)
Margate, Kent, and Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 5.36 on the morning of the 25th of December, 1957, the coast- guard told the honorary secretary that a collision had occurred near the south- east Girdler buoy between the motor vessel Kurt Arlt,...
Launch:
Launch: The coxswain checks the depth of water before signalling for the retaining chains to be released.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Above) Hrh Princess Alexandra
(Above) HRH Princess Alexandra, who named the new Stornoway lifeboat, with Lady Aitken and the Duke of Atholl, chairman of the Institution.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the R.N.L.I. is to take place at the Central Hall, Westminster, on 9th April, 1968, at 3 p.m..
Category: Meetings
A Motor Boat
Swanage, Dorset - At 2.32 p.m. on 3rd September, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that four skin-divers were in difficulties off Ballard head. The life-boat R.L.P. was launched in a strong south westerly breeze and a...
Market Day
The centuries-old Dunstable market recently moved to a new site and the official opening coincided with the local branch flag day.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Falmouth's Severn Named
The lifeboat crew and distinguished guests gather on thepontoon for the naming of The Will. Photo: Bnan Penning.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Burnham
1. Burnham's new crew room is reasonably close, on the shore side of the marina.
2. The lifeboat launches stern-first and the boathouse is remarkaly uncluttered.
The entire hydraulic system rs so small... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fishing community
This is the scene that greeted the crew of Exmouth’s relief Mersey class lifeboat Fisherman's Friend, responding to a shout on 26 November 2008. The fishing vessel Aleyna had overturned 26 miles south east of the Devon town and her crew...
Category: Articles