LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Winning Touch
.ie RNLI's competition to find photos to help launch its 175th Anniversary Year , at the London Boat Show in January produced some stunning shots. The six winners are reproduced here - the overall winner gets £150 of photographic...
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Left: the Rigid Inflatable Vulture
Left: The rigid inflatable Vulture, which continued in seas of over 15ft and in Gale force conditions to rescue the fishing vessel in difficulty.
Her crew have been awarded the RNLI's Bronze medal for their bravery..<... - View image in PDF
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Northern Lights, of Preston
On the 29th October, at 8 p.m., the wind blowing a hard gale from west by north, signal lights were observed from Fleetwood, as if from a vessel in a dangerous position near the Bernard's Wharf Sand. The Fleetwood life-boat was at once...
The Latvian Steamer Curonia
Thurso, Caithness-shire, and Stornoway, Island of Lewis.—16th October. The Latvian steamer Curonia, of Riga, was in distress near Cape Wrath, with her engine broken down. She was able to carry out temporary repairs and made for Scapa Flow....
Pallas of Shields
On the night of the 24th January, the brig Pallas, of Shields, stranded on the Sizewell Bank, in a strong gale from S.S.E., at daylight: being seen from the shore, the Thorpe life-boat proceeded to her, through a very high sea, and succeeded...
Handing Over the Helm
Handing over the helm ~ Following the retirement of Skegness Coxswain/Mechanic Paul Martin, the new man at the helm is previous Second Coxswain John Irving (pictured left/.
Ray Chapman (right) who remains as senior helmsman... - View image in PDF
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Happy Return
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 8.55 on the morning of the 23rd of May, 1959, a message was received from the signal station that the local fishing boat Happy Return with a crew of two had left harbour at noon on the previous day and had not...
The Liner Calypso (4)
Cruise liner in crisis Six lifeboats launched on 6 May 2006 to the help of The Calypso (pictured). The 135m liner and 708 passengers were 15 miles south of Beachy Head, East Sussex, when fire broke out. Tyne classes MaxAitken III from...
Lights and Lighthouses. (Continued from Page 215.)
(Continued from page 215.) THERE remains to be considered the distribution of lights on a coast and the positions in which they should be placed.
It will be readily conceived that, important as it is to produce a brilliant...
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