LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Launches
ABERDEEN ON-1248(17-24):Jan6, Mar 18,Apr 5,15 D-470:Jan 6,18,31 D-536:Mar10,18,Apr 2,5,17 ABERDOVEY B-758:Mar 25,Apr 2,23 ABERSOCH B-790:Jan 23 ABERYSTWYTH B-704:Jan 23,Feb 2, Mar 9,10,26, Apr 2,3,14,16,21,24(x2) ACHILL ISLAND ON-1240(14-28)...
Category: Services
Services of the Lifeboats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution From 1st January to 16th April, 1874
FROM IST JANUARY TO 16-rn APKIL, 1874.
John and Jenefer, fchooner, of Fowey 5 Mary, smack, of Grtmsby 6 Jessie, schooner, of Blylh 6 /Via, barqne, of Blyth— Saved vessel and crew 11 EXKX. brig, of...
Category: Services
The Liner Calypso (5)
Cruise liner in crisis Six lifeboats launched on 6 May 2006 to the help of The Calypso (pictured). The 135m liner and 708 passengers were 15 miles south of Beachy Head, East Sussex, when fire broke out. Tyne classes MaxAitken III from...
Five Alive
PAGe tItLe RescUe FIVe ALIVe two miles from land, a group of kayakers was at the mercy of gale force offshore winds. How could they summon help and how long could they stay afloat? mairéad Dwane reports tHe DetAIL insHORe LiFeBOat B-789...
Category: Articles
U.S. Coast Guard Disaster
Five members of the United States Coast Guard lost their lives in an attempted rescue at the mouth of the Columbia River on the 12th of January, 1961, when three life-boats put out to the help of a crab boat. One of the life- boats, a...
Category: Articles
A Trawler
Horrific conditions for two lifeboats Clogher Head and Newcastle 's Mersey class lifeboats were launched in winds of Storm Force 10 to Hurricane Force 12 on 3 February 1994 when an 80ft trawler reported that she was taking water and...
Mrs J C FPrideaux- Brune, Padstow
Mrs JCFPrideaux- Brune, Padstow. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Travel Offers
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Category: Advertisement
The Last Engagement on May 10 Was In Scotland;
The last engagement on May 10 was in Scotland; a musical soiree at Blair Castle, the home of the Duke of Atholl, chairman of the Institution.
The Duke of Kent is seen here with the Duke of Atholl and (1) the late Guy... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Annual Report. 1893
At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION, held at St. Martin's Town Hall, Charing Cross Road, on Saturday, the 18th day of March, 1893, His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G., in the Chair, the...
Category: Annual Reports