LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Daring innovation
To his friends and colleagues, David Stogdon appeared to live entirely without fear yet he was a survivor of at least two near-death experiences. In 1940, during the Second World War, the destroyer Brazen sank underneath the young naval...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
CUMBERLAHD.—On the 17th April, 1866, information was received, during a strong gale from W.S.W., that a schooner was on shore on Dub Mill Scar, about eight miles E N.E. of this place, with a flag of distress flying. In a very short time the...
Category: Services
Trapped in the Thames
When a man’s oldest friend fell into the River Thames moments after his beloved dog ran away, could anyone rescue his two best pals?
It was a bitterly cold evening on 15 January when...
Category: Articles
Listings
Listings Miss Betty arrives at Crosshaven Ireland's 42nd lifeboat station opened on 19 October 2002 and her new boat was welcomed to the RNLI fleet. Crosshaven has until now been served by Ballycotton to the east or Courtmacsherry to the...
Category: Articles
Frizzell
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Category: Advertisement
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Leap overboard TORQUAY POLICE informed Brixham Coastguard at 1537 on October 5, 1973, that a girl was in the water off Meadfoot Beach and asked for the help of the ILB.
The message was passed to Torbay deputy launching...
Miss Alice Johnston
Miss Alice Johnston, who lives in Sussex, it can now be disclosed, gave £25,000 towards the cost of the 52-foot prototype Arun class life-boat which was depicted on page 109 of the July Journal. On 7th July Miss Johnston, who is 83, was...
Category: Donations
(Above) Rother:
(above) Rother: Length overall 37ft 6in; beam I l f t 6 i n ; draught 3ft 6in; displacement 13 tons: maximum speed, 8 knots; range at full speed, 150 nautical miles. The Rother, introduced in 1973, is a development of the 37ft Oakley and she... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Definitive guide
The Lifeboat enthusiasts’ handbook 2009 is now out and available for £6. Essential for all who want to be sure of numbers, names and locations of every RNLI lifeboat, launching tractor and more, it can be ordered from the...
Category: Articles
Melinda Muriel (2)
Overturned fishing vessel AN EIGHTEEN FOOT fishing vessel, Melinda Muriel, had put out to sea from Skinningrove, Cleveland, with fourpeople on board on the morning of Tuesday July 29, 1986. The wind was north westerly and there were squally...