LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

CANOEISTS SAVED At about 12.5 p.m. on 26th March, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that some 24 boys in canoes were in difficulties about one mile offshore near Herne Bay Pier. At 12.10 the IRB launched in a strong south...

power the lifeboat of the future Designed for deep sea rescue under all conditions, this all metal lifeboat sets the pace for the future. Superbly equipped and designed, the choice of Gardner diesel engines is a fitting tribute to the...

Two anglers fishing for four days in the Solent, caught 550 bass, weighing about 10 cwts. They sold one day's catch for the benefit of the Life-boat Service..

The death of the Duke of Kent in an air accident on August 2jth. is a very great loss to the life-boat service. Of all the members of the Royal Family who have been associated with it since its foundation none has taken a more generous and...

Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. — 13th October, 1938. Shouts for help had been heard off Llandullas, but though the life-boat searched all night, she could find nothing. Later three boys in a boat were picked up in the...

First aid skills commended The first aid skills of Portpatrick lifeboat crew, honed on a recent first-aid course, were commended by a doctor who subsequently treated a casualty they had taken off a fishing vessel. The chief of operations...

Fig 3: (right) Building starts of the first 47ft steel fast slipway lifeboat prototype. - View image in PDF

The gunwale is laid down on a deck jig and the five watertight bulkheads and transom erected.. - View image in PDF

Z-BOATS to the rescue.,.

Extensively used by the R.N.L.I, for inshore rescue work, the inflatable RFD-GQ PB-16Z-Boat is capable of carrying 10 people and supporting many in excess ofthat number. Being inherently buoyant, it...