LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Improved Rollers for Lifeboat Carriages and Skids
Is No. 43 of this Journal we described and illustrated the portable " Roller Skids " on which life-boats are hauled out of the wafer prior to placing them on their carriages, and in the 59th number an improved self-lubri- cating...
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New Inventions
CUNNINGHAM'S Patent Mode of reefing Topsails from the Deck.—Most persons, even those who are not sailors by profession, are aware that the operation of reefing topsails is one of the most important on board a ship. By its means the...
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Eleni
JANUARY 20TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. On the afternoon of the 20th January the Athlone Broadcasting Station asked listeners to inform the life-boat authorities that a vessel was in distress. She was the Greek steamer Eleni, of...
November
Launches 49 Lives rescued 31 NOVEMBER 2ND. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE.
At 8.33 in the morning the Hoylake coastguard reported that the naval authorities wanted a life-boat to go out and stand by a vessel high and dry on the...
Category: Services
Blooming Marvellous
It covers a massive 11 acres of land; features over 60 gardens and 150 floral exhibitions; and is held in the heart of Chelsea, miles from the coast. So what exactly does the greatest flower show on earth have to do with saving lives at sea?...
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150th Anniversary
H.M. COASTGUARD celebrated its 1 50th anniversary on 15th January, having been formally established in 1822 as the 'Coast Guard' following the report of a 'committee appointed by His Royal Highness The Prince Regent to enquire...
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Cover Picture
Exercises at sea are part of the regular routine of every lifeboat station. On exercise the crew can familiarise themselves with the boat and with her lifesaving equipment, and, as a team, practise manoeuvres which, on service, may have to... - View image in PDF
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Left. Barometers like this were supplied the 'poorest fishing villages' in the 1800s.
Left. Barometers like this were supplied the 'poorest fishing villages' in the 1800s. - View image in PDF
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Above - the Rescued Family. Safe and Well Back at the Station,
Above - the rescued family. - View image in PDF
safe and well back at the station,. - View image in PDF
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Salcombe's Tyne Class, the Baltic Exchange II, Searches for Survivors from the Cruiser.
Salcombe's Tyne class, The Baltic Exchange II, searches for survivors from the cruiser.. - View image in PDF
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