LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Wild Rose, of Brixham
On the morning of the 3rd December, the life-boat at this place put off, and rendered assistance to the brig Wild £ose, of Brixham, which was observed to be in a dismantled state off Cromer during stormy weather. When the life-boat...
Anworth
On the 3rd April a telephone message was received from the Coastguard that a small vessel was ashore on Sheep Island, .but had made no signals of distress.
The Shore Signalman of the Motor Life- boat City of Glasgow...
A Dinghy
AUG. 16TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. A dinghy, with two men on board, had been reported as being carried out to sea by the strong tide. The motor life-boat put out in charge of Captain Sir Charles Campbell, Bt., in the absence of the...
The S.S. Lindean
Whitehills, Banffshire.—At 10.4 on the night of the 8th of April, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that distress signals could be seen to the west of Macduff, and at 10.13 the motor life- boat, Civil Service No. 4, was...
Weathering the storm
As the recession continues, your support for the RNLI is more important than ever.
Six out of ten lifeboat launches are only possible thanks to legacy gifts. While we expect the number of gifts to increase over the coming...
Category: Articles
Winifred and Onward
NOVEMBER 19TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. A southerly gale was blowing, the sea was rough, and all the local fishing boats had put back to harbour except two, the motor fishing boats Winifred, of Wexford, and Onward, of Rosslare. Each...
More Than 2000 People Attended a 'Three Bands' Concert In London Presented By the Lloyd's Insurance Broking Firm J H Minet and Co In Aid of the Rnli There Was
More than 2,000 people attended a 'Three Bands' concert in London presented by the Lloyd's insurance broking firm J. H. Minet and Co. in aid of the RNLI. There was military and light music from the Band ofHM Royal Marine's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Helen N. MacAlister
St. Mary's, Stilly Islands. At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 26th of April, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small motor tug was burning flares between Annet Head and St. Mary's. The life-boat Guy and...
Fig 3: (Right) Building Starts of the First 47Ft Steel Fast Slipway Lifeboat Prototype the Gunwale Is Laid Down on a Deck Jig and the Five Watertight Bulkheads and Transom Erected Photographs By Cour
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
Category: Photographs
A Fishing Boat
ABERYSTWYTH.—On the 27th November, intelligence being received that 3 young men in a fishing-boat had been blown out to sea and were in great peril, the Lifeboat Lady Haberfield proceeded in search, and found the boat about 8 miles from the...