LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

APRIL 18TH. - PEEL, ISLE OF MAN. At 8.55 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that flares had been seen four miles off Orrisdale Head. A light southerly breeze was blowing with a calm sea.

The motor life-boat...

(left) D class inflatable: length overall 15ft 6in; beam 6ft 4in; draught 17in; displacement 0.25 tons; maximum speed, 20 knots; range at full speed, 60 nautical miles. The D class inflatable, introduced in 1963, has a crew of two; she... - View image in PDF

On the evening of the 15th August news was received that a small boat with a man and a woman on board had been seen in difficulties, drifting with the tide through Calf Sound. The honorary secretary engaged a motor boat and went in search...

This Is Your Life'. - View image in PDF

Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 7.25 on the morning of the 7th of June, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was burning flares one and a half miles east-south-east of Aldeburgh. At 8.3 the No. 1 life-boat Abdy Beauclerk was launched in a...

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Whether you are specifying marine engines for your new craft, repowering, looking for lightweight compact power, planning a complete propulsion or...

s o m e r e c e n t p u b l i c a t i o n s r e v i e w e d SHIPWRECK! by Ian Dear Published by Batsford at £17.95 ISBN 0713459530 Ian Dear has collected an interesting, if chilling, collection of photographs to illustrate his theme of...

National appeal day The RNLI is launching a national appeal day to be held every year, beginning on 8 June 2005 - Save our Soles or SOS day.

Throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland, people at work, school or home will be...