LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat Journal In South America
THE following is an extract from a letter received from a lady in Palermo, Buenos Aires: " The magazine is most interesting.I pass it on to a gentleman in the interesting.
camp, who sends it to other isolated...
Category: Articles
The Tiny Much Wenlock Branch of the Rnli In the Middle of England Is Reported to Be Suddenly Doing Very Well Indeed' Here Are Some of Its Members In Fund-Raising Fo
The tiny Much H'enlock brunch of the RNLI in the middle of England is reported to be 'suddenly doing very well indeed'. Here are some of its members in fund-raising form.
by courtesy of The Shropshire Star and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rotary Service the 50Ft Thames Relief Lifeboat on Temporary Duty at Falmouth at Sea In Easterly Storm Force Winds When on February 19 She Stood By the Indian Carg
Rotary Service, the 50ft Thames relief lifeboat on temporary duty at Falmouth, at sea in easterly storm force winds when, on February 19, she stood by the Indian cargo ship State of Kerala/or nearly four hours awaiting the arrival of a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Steam Life-Boat for South Holland
THE South Holland Life-boat Society was so pleased with the result of its inquiries as to the success of the NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION'S Steam Life-boats that it recently instructed Messrs. J. I. Thornycroft and Co., of Chiswick,...
Category: Articles
The Sailor Boy
HE rose at dawn, and, flushed with hope, Shot o'er the seething harbour-bar, And reached the ship and caught the rope, And whistled to the morning star.
And while on deck he whistled loud, He heard a fierce mermaiden...
Category: Poetry
The Fundraisers
North West passage Captain Patrick Roberts undertook a sponsored windsurf from Kirkcudbright, Scotland, to Ramsey on the Isle of Man.
The sail started at 1pm in light winds and sunshine, but the wind soon died...
Category: Articles
Letters (From Page 208)
Letters (from page 208) as crew, was out on service for If hours.
First she towed to safety two fishing dinghies, both with swamped outboard engines and both with four people aboard; one was taken to the weather shore at...
Category: Correspondence
The Atlantic 21 Rigid Inflatable Powered With Twin Outboard Engines and Attaining a Speed of 30 Knots First Went on Station at Hartlepool In 1972 Smaller Inflatable Lifeboats Were Introduced Into T
The Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable, powered with twin outboard engines and attaining a speed of 30 knots, first went on station at Hartlepool in 1972. Smaller, inflatable lifeboats were introduced into the RNLI fleet in the 1960s.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fit and Strong
One need only look at the cork-clad oarsmen of over 100 years ago or the 'lady launchers'of the 1950s to see just how much has changed over the decades in saving lives at sea. Today's crews and lifeguards have previously undreamt...
Category: Articles
A Bedraggled But Unharmed Molly
A bedraggled but unharmed Molly in the arms of Walmer crew member Derek Brown - and showing a new use for a lifeline!. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs