LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Lt Cdr Brian Miles. - View image in PDF

Liverpool lifeboat, The Elliott Gill, seen on her own carriage on the exhibition site, was stationed at Runswick 1954- 1970. 35' 6" overall, she is an open boat, with small shelter, and has twin 20 hp diesel engines. She is a... - View image in PDF

DURING 1948, sixty-five golf clubs held competitions in aid of the Life-boat Service and these brought in £278 18s.

That was 25 more clubs than in 1942, and £22 more contributed. Five bowling clubs again held...

Using the 'It's a Knockout' theme, which has recently re-emerged into the limelight, the RNLI staged Sail Safari, an 'around the world boat race' in Battersea Park on 25 September. The event was part of the RNLI's... - View image in PDF

WHITBY'S DANGEROUS BAR Whitby, Yorkshire.—At about 5.30 in the morning of the 24th of March, 1947, seven fishing boats put to sea in moderate weather. By nine o'clock a strong northerly wind was blowing, the sea was rough, and the...

Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 1.15 on the afternoon of the 4th of February, 1953.

local fishermen reported that bad weather was making conditions dan- gerous at the harbour bar, and at 1.20 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hep- worth...

North Sea Hurricane FORCE 9-10 north north east wind; rough sea with a heavy swell; low water; visibility down to about a half to one mile on an overcast morning with frequent hail and snow squalls; Flamborough lifeboat already at sea...

Early in the war the building of motor life-boats almost ceased, because of the demands on the shipyards made by the fighting services. During the five years and eight months of war, 17 new life-boats were sent to the coast. In normal years...