LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mary Ann Mandel
On the afternoon of the 16th November a N.E. gale sprang up, bringing with it a heavy sea, and caused the schooner Mary Ann Mandel, of Barrow, which was riding off Kings- downe, to get into a dangerous position.
She...
Split-Second Timing Is Needed With Many Manoeuvres None More So Than the Emergency Beaching Procedure - the Outboards Must Be Raised at Exactly the Right Moment
Split-second timing is needed with many manoeuvres, none more so than the emergency beaching procedure - the outboards must be raised at exactly the right moment. - View image in PDF
(Photo David Parker). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H.M.S. Cheerful
Cromer, Norfolk.—Oil the 30th of May, 1953,H.M.S. Cheerful, which was paying an official visit to Cromer, had several guests on board, including the Chairman of the Cromer Urban Dis- trict Council and the life-boat honorary secretary. The...
Holly Phillips Has Been a Crew Member of Poole Lifeboat Since October 1994.
Holly Phillips has been a crew member of Poole lifeboat since October 1994.
Holly's appointment brought the number of serving women crew members to 100 for the first time in the RNLI's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Your Letters
Long lost Barometer I have a small item in my possession which may be of interest to someone, somewhere.
Towards the end of the 1950s, I was on holiday in Folkestone, Kent and picked up, half buried in the shingle, what...
Category: Correspondence
Addressing the Australian Gift Parcels at the Depot, Boreham Wood
Addressing The Australian Gift Parcels at The Depot, Boreham Wood. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Stability
IN this article it is proposed to explain the nature and action of stability as con- cisely as the subject permits, without introducing technical terms, beyond those essential to definition, or attempting to go beyond the purely mechanical,...
Category: Articles
Web of support
Silverware, a blue tick and tens of thousands of fans: all signs that supporters like you are enjoying keeping in touch with the RNLI using the internet.
The RNLI's website, relaunched in Summer 2012, recently won Best...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services from Page 191
Lifeboat Services from page 191 he would ground and he was advised to anchor.
A quarter of an hour later Pass of Dirriemore had dropped her anchor some seven miles south west of Hartland, and it held. By 0300 the wind had...
Category: Services