LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Eye for Detail In Lifeboat Design
FREE PASSAGE OF AIR into engine room and cabins of a motor boat under way is essential to both machinery and man.
Without it, engines cannot run and the well-being and efficiency of the crew would soon be impaired. It...
Category: Articles
As Reported on Page 108, 46-Foot 9-Inch and 47- Watson Class Life-Boats Are Being Fitted With Two Self-inflatable Bags Which Will Bring Them Back to the Upright Position If They Should Capsize Once.
As reported on page 108, 46-foot 9-inch and 47-foot Watson class life-boats are being fitted with two selfinflatable bags which will bring them back to the upright position if they should capsize once. The pictures, beginning left with a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Life-Boat Story
A dozen of hearts! and a dozen of hands ! I And the courage of death!—'tis a Yorkshire boast; It was all they asked one November noon When a hurricane blew on the Whitby coast.
For a cry came over the wailing sands, And...
Category: Poetry
Virtual gifts make a real difference
Have you considered giving an RNLI virtual gift this Christmas?
Show your support for our lifesavers, and share the generous spirit of the festive season, by making a donation in a loved one’s name.
We...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 2nd Jan., 1873: THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Head and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and "Wreck and Reward Sub-Com-...
Category: Committee
The Duke of Northumberland's Prize Essay Competition
THE third year of the Essay Competition has brought a number of interesting and very readable essays, and although scarcely up to the excellent standard of the first two years, it can be said that only in a few cases did they fail to show an...
Category: Articles
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Atlantic 21 Was Launched on May 16 to Bring Back a Diver With a Badly Cut Head Who Had Been Injured While Working on the Wrecked Oil
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Atlantic 21 was launched on May 16 to bring back a diver with a badly cut head who had been injured while working on the wrecked oil tanker Eleni V. While Helmsman Michael Mitchell set course for the ILB station,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wells-Next-The-Sea 's Harbour Almost Dries Out at Low Water.
Wells-next-the-Sea 's harbour almost dries out at low water. The network of channels leading to the quay can clearly be seen in this aerial view. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Category: Advertisement
An Aeroplane (175)
NOVEMBER 9TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
A bomber had been reported fallen into the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £9 2s. 6d..