Aberystwyth: On Saturday August 20, a fine, warm day after a night of violent thunder storms, Aberystwyth's new Mk IV Zodiac D class inflatable, twin-engined lifeboat was handed over and a service of dedication was held for the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Capsize drill: in practice, the crew remain in the Atlantic as she is hauled over bycrane so that they will fall beneath the hull, where they would probably be should the boat be capsized at sea.
In an inverted state the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The 45 Ft 6 In Watson (Cabin) Motor Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The first D class JLB to be funded from the stamp appeal organised by Barrie Smale, 17 Station Road, Okehampton, Devon, is stationed at Holyhead. She is seen here with crew members and shore helpers on the day a commemorative plaque was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
ENGLISHMEN do not, as a rule, realise the perishable and perishing nature of the land on which they live. Although more than fifty years have now elapsed since Sir Charles Lyell collected and emphasised the evidences which showed that the...
Category: Articles
Wells life-boatmen land officers of the R.A.F.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Steve Shaw (left) receives the award from General Sir Michael Walker, Commander- in-Chief HQ Land and Admiral of Army Sailing Association. See 'Lifeboat Services' page 14 for a report of the lifeboal service.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Final combined exercise between RAF Chivenor air station and Appledore lifeboat, off Croyde Beach, August 1, 1974: the last of the pilots is lifted from the sea.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The RNLI's Shoreworks Manager Howard Richings continues his look at the Institution's shore facilities T;• he effects of coastal geology on the costs of operating the lifeboat service may not be immediately apparent, but the relative...
Category: Articles
JULY 19TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. A German aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £4 10s..