LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sarah, of Strangford
On the 22nd October the Life-boat Charles and Mar- garet Eyerton went out from this station in a moderate N.W. gale, and rescued the crew of 4: men from the schooner Sarah, of Strangford, which was totally wrecked.
The Life...
Receiving a Cheque from the Derbyshire Association of Sub Aqua Clubs
When you are representing the RNLI and receiving a cheque from the Derbyshire Association of Sub Aqua Clubs you have to be prepared to sink to certain depths. This is what Shoreline member John Tester (r) did when Peter Townend (I) made the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Marine Artist Patrick Donovan Has Produced This Evocative Watercoiour of Agnes Cross
Marine artist Patrick Donovan has produced this evocative watercoiour of Agnes Cross picking up survivors off Dover during the Dunkirk evacuation He writes: 'Mr Hills tells me that she did this on a number of occasions during the period... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Alfheim
On the afternoon of the 24th February a vessel was observed to run ashore close to Kings- down. The crew of the Life-boat Charles Hargrave were assembled, and with the assistance of the haul-off warp the boat was launched, and proceeded to...
The New Launching Tractor
By Captain Howard F. I. Rowley, C.B.E., R.N., Chief Inspector of Life boats.
LAST year the Institution completed the first of a new type of tractor for launching Life-boats off flat beaches. It was built as the result of...
Category: Inaugurations
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Cliff-climbing lifeboatman saves boy Lifeboat crews are highly trained in many fields so they will be prepared when out on a shout. But there are a few services where RNLI training cannot help, where it is up to the individual to do...
Delce
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 2.26 in the afternoon of the 4th of February, 1952, the life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched on exercise in a rough sea with a moderate north-north-west breeze blowing. At three o'clock she was four miles...
The S.S. Fridtjof Nansen
Barra Island, Hebrides. At 4.30 on the afternoon of the 5th of January, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there was a sick seaman on board the S.S. Fridtjof Nansen, of Kristiansand, Norway. The Norwegian steamer...
A Pram Dinghy and Coral Star
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 11.9 on the night of 21st April, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that two men had been reported to have left Cowes pontoon in an 8-ft. pram dinghy for their ship in Cowes Roads, and there...
Ava
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 7.40 Ott the evening of the 19th of April, 1957^ the coastguard telephoned to say ft German tanker had reported a small vessel drifting near the East Shoebury buoy. At 8.10 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil...