LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Trosvik
The barque Trosvik, of Brevik, was observed making for the harbour at 9.30 A.M. on 27th November. The seas were break- ing heavily on the bar, and for some distance up the river. The vessel was in a water-logged condition and when near the...
Birthday Celebrations
The vast majority of supporters and readers of The Lifeboat will know by now that the RNLI celebrated its 175th anniversary on 4 March.
Each one of the 223 lifeboat stations in the UK and Republic of Ireland raised a...
Category: Articles
Hoppet
ALDBOBOUGH.—Information having been received that a vessel was in distress at the N. end of Sizewell Bank, the George Hounsfidd Life-boat was launched at about 11.40. A.M. on the 14th March, during a strong S.E. gale and a very heavy sea,...
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Quick action saves life of fellow lifeboatman lost overboard It is particularly difficult for a lifeboat crew to go to the rescue of somebody that they know. It makes it even harder when the casualty is a fellow lifeboatman. The crew of...
Dr. Broadbent Honoured
A RETIRED DOCTOR, Dr. Harrison Broadbent, of Middleton-by-Freshwater, Isle of Wight, who received a letter of appreciation from the Institution for the part he played in the gallant IRB rescue attempt at Scratchell's Bay on loth April,...
Category: Awards
Your Letters
Whilst reading the winter 1999/00 issue of the lifeboat, I came across the piece about the refurbished lifeboat Queen Victoria which was said to be thought as the oldest RNLI lifeboat in existence.
It is not the oldest boat...
Category: Correspondence
Life-Boat Transporting Carriage
LIFE-BOAT TRANSPORTING-CARRIAGE AS ADOPTED BY THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
THE carriage consists of a fore and main body. The latter is formed of a keelway A, A, and of side or bilgeways B, B, in rear of the...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
LIFE-BOAT TRANSPORTING-CARRIAGE AS ADOPTED by THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
THE carriage consists of a fore and main body. The latter is formed of a keelway A, A, and of side or bilgeways B, B, in rear of the...
Category: Articles
Caught in a trap
An off-duty RNLI lifeguard was in the right place at the right time when two surfers were trapped in a perilous position on St Ouen’s Beach, Jersey
Ed Stevens was leaving the car park at St...
Category: Articles
An Auxiliary Naval Ketch,with a Cutter In Tow
DECEMBER 1 0TH. - DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN. At 2.30 in the afternoon the motor life-boat George and Sarah Strachan was taken out for exercise by the district inspector. The sea was choppy. After she had been at sea about half an hour she came...