LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Institution's Expenditure at a Glance
How each £100 of the Institution's Expenditure was laid out in 1933.
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59 0 6 ••• • •• •••• ••• •• ••i B Construction, Repairs, Upkeep and Inspection of Life-boats and Life-...
Category: Accounts
Our John
St. Ives, Cornwall. At ten o'clock on the night of the 28th June, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the skiff Our John, with one man on board, had been reported drifting westward on the ebb...
The Atlantic 21 Rigid Inflatable Powered With Twin Outboard Engines and Attaining a Speed of 30 Knots First Went on Station at Hartlepool In 1972 Smaller Inflatable Lifeboats Were Introduced Into T
The Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable, powered with twin outboard engines and attaining a speed of 30 knots, first went on station at Hartlepool in 1972. Smaller, inflatable lifeboats were introduced into the RNLI fleet in the 1960s.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Book Reviews
A director of Shire Publications at Tring, Hertfordshire, recently had the excellent idea that a guide book should be produced based on life-boat stations.
This company specialises in the publication of unusual guides. The...
Category: Articles
Jane Ann
On the 14th May, at about 11 P.M., signals of distress were shown from a vessel in Carnarvon Bay, apparently at a distance of seven or eight miles from Porthdinllaen. The wind was blowing a strong gale from the N.N.E., and a heavy sea was...
The Ex-German Steamer Walter L. M. Russ
JULY 16TH. - ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At 11.10 in the morning the Tenby coastguard telephoned that the naval authorities at Milford Haven had reported a vessel ashore on Grassholm Island and in need of help. It had been...
Above: the Mexico
Above: the Mexico some days after the disaster when her gear and cargo were being removed. She was eventually salvaged and displayed off Lytham for two years before being re-rigged and sold. She continued to trade until 1900 when, renamed... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Below Right: RNLI President, the Duke of Kent
.Below right: RNLI President, the Duke of Kent, after formally naming Portrush's new Severn class lifeboat Katie Hannan. - View image in PDF
with Coxswain Robin Cardwell.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Girl Jean
NEAR SPURNESS HOLMS Stronsay, Orkneys. At 1.5 p.m. on 16th March, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the lobster fishing boat Girl Jean of Kirkwall had broken down and was in difficulties near Spurness Holms, south-west of...
The S.S. Bannercliffe
At 2.30 p.m. on 8th July, 1966, two vessels were said to have collided in Crosby channel. The life-boat Norman B.
Corlett left her moorings at 2.50 in a gentle north-westerly wind and a slight sea. She proceeded to the...