LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
This Remarkable Picture By Peter Foskett
This remarkable picture by Peter Foskett aboard the Lowestoft lifeboat gives some idea of the atrocious conditions during the service.
Red House Lugger can seen in the lee of the ferry Norkin while Aldeburgh's Mersey... - View image in PDF
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Canoes
Lymington's Atlantic 21 was called out to the rescue of five Sea Scouts and two Scout Leaders when their canoes got into difficulties in very rough conditions on the Solent on 22 August 1992. Although photographs from the air always...
Galilean
CASUALTY FOUND 20FT FROM ROCKY LKK SHORK Crew rescued from fishing vessel in Force 11 winds and total darkness Coxswain/Mechanic Thomas Ralston of Mallaig has been awarded the Institution's Bronze medal for rescuing two men and their...
Book Reviews
• Medical Aid at Accidents, by Roger Snook, MD (Update Publications, £5.75) is probably the only comprehensive book on the subject and covers all types of incident from under water to mountain top, though naturally the accent is on road...
Category: Articles
The Sorrento Screw Steamship
" On the morning of the 17th December, we were summoned by the firing of minute guns and other signals of distress from some vessel on the Goodwin Sands, and at 3 A.M. we launched from Walmer and Kingsdowne simultaneously in the Cen-...
The Flamborough Motor Fishing Coble Pioneer (1)
NOVEMBER 12TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, AND BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. At 5.30 at night it was reported that the Flamborough motor fishing coble Pioneer, which had been due back at three o’clock, had not returned.
A strong...
The Life-Boat Stamp Club
Miss MARGARET POWER, of Mount Royal, Old Common, Cobham, Surrey, the honorary secretary of the Life-boat Stamp Club, will be very glad to receive from readers of The Life-boat any stamps of the King Edward VIII issue which they will be...
Category: Articles
Branch Knees-Up
Cwmbran branch and Parsley Hay country dance band recently organised a ceilidh at Cwmbran Rugby Club in aid of the RNLI. You can see from the above photograph that the band fully entered into the spirit of the occasion - but this comes as no... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Dramatic Shot of Teesmouth's Tyne Class Lifeboat City of Sheffield
A dramatic shot of Teesmouth's Tyne class lifeboat City of Sheffield during her service to the Swedish vessel Stora Korsnas Link 1 which was on fire with a potentially explosive cargo. A full account of this service which, ironically,... - View image in PDF
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The Sumner Life-Boat and Life-Brigade at Sumner, New Zealand
The Sumner Life-Boat and Life-Brigade at Sumner New Zealand. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs