LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The American Steamer Kyle V. Johnson
DECEMBER 8TH. - WALMER, KENT. The master of the American steamer Kyle V.
Johnson was seriously ill with a heart attack, and in need of medical help. A northeasterly wind was blowing, with snow squalls.
The...
Hilda and Royal Charter
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—The motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched at 8.40 A.M. on the 28th February, as it had been reported that the local motor fishing coble Hilda was at sea, and though the breeze was light there was a very rough...
Naiad, of Colchester
The Parsee life-boat, at Palling, went out to the stranded schooner Naiad, of Col- chester, and remained alongside the vessel some time, rendering assistance.
Outboard: Speed and Power
ATLANTIC 21 AND D CLASS inshore lifeboats, out on trials, are a familiar sight in the Solent; testing and proving the vast amount of detailed development work which, over the past 15 years or so, has been quietly going ahead at the RNLI...
Category: Articles
Maya, of Beirut
On 1st December, 1966, the Swanage life-boat R.L.P. landed a sick man from the motor vessel Maya of Beirut. A full account of this service, for which a special award was made to Doctor D. I. Aitken, appears on page 144..
Miss M. E. Taylor, of Clapham
By the death of Miss M. E. Taylor, of Clapham; on 17th May last, at the age of ninety-five, the Institution lost a friend who, in spite of her great age and the loss of her sight fifty years ago, found means to help it until her...
Category: Obituaries
Mr Coates Stops for a Well-Earned Rest and a Bite to Eat on His 55-Mile Walk Along the Nidderdale Way
Mr Coates stops for a well-earned rest and a bite to eat on his 55-mile walk along the Nidderdale Way.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Above Loading the Rnli's Mercedes
Above. Loading the RNLI's Mercedes road train'. Driver George Dadson demonstrates how an Atlantic 21 can be loaded single-handed with the hydraulic crane.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Top gear
In February 1858, the oar-powered Southwold lifeboat capsized in heavy surf. The 15 crew wearing lifebelts were all saved but records show ‘three unfortunate gentlemen who had … neglected to put on lifebelts, lost their lives’. Technology...
Category: Articles
The Arun and Fab 3 (Left)
Almost every aspect of boat design is linked. A larger lifeboat, like the Arun or new FAB prototypes, needs a cut-away section amidships to bring the deck close enough to the water to recover survivors. This cut-away section removes volume... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs