LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
(Above) John a Hay the First Motor Lifeboat to Be Stationed at Stromness Photograph By Courtesy of W Hourston
(Above) John A. Hay, the first motor lifeboat to be stationed at Stromness. photograph by courtesy of W. Hourston. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Queen of the Isles
At 11 P.M. on the 14th November signals of distress were shown by the schooner Queen of the Isles, of Carnarvon.
The wind was blowing a whole gale from the N.N.E., and a heavy sea was running.
The George...
The Yarmouth Life-Boats
OFF the mouth of the River Yare, which divides the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, and has given its name to the ancient seaport town of Yarmouth, stretch a series of sandbanks, such as the Scroby, the Cross Sand, and the Cockle, to name...
Category: Services
The Building of Life-Boats
WE think that the public will be inter- ested to learn something of the way in which the Institution deals with one of the most important branches of the great life-saving work entrusted to it. Few except technicaJ experts can fully realize...
Category: Articles
Drawings of the Life-Boats and Life-Boat Carriages Adopted By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
FIVE years' experience by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION of the new class of life-boats, designed by JAMES PEAKE, Esq., of Her Majesty's Dock-yard, Woolwich, and elicited by the prize of 100 guineas given by His Grace the Duke of...
Category: Articles
(Above) the Rnli Is Supported Entirely By Money Which People Give of Their Own Free Choice Much of It Is Raised By Branches and Guilds Throughout the Country and On
(Above) The RNLI is supported entirely by money which people give of their own free choice. Much of it is raised by branches and guilds throughout the country and one source of income is from lifeboat flag days.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Brede: Prototype of a New Lifeboat Based on the Lochin 33
Overall length 33ft Oin Waterline length 27ft 6in Maximum beam 12ft Oin Loaded draught Aft 3in Displacement 8'/2 tons Engines Twin Caterpillar 3208 naturally aspirated marine diesels with twin disc MG506 2:1 reduction gearboxes Power 203...
Category: Articles
The Cooperative Bank
The COOPERATIVE BANK At this loan rate you could afford to S D1£IS ll O U t • any amount from £1,000 to £15,000 • funds transferred directly to your bank account - with the option of same day transfer* • no arrangement fees or...
Category: Advertisement
The Sprat Boat The Enchantress
MARGATE, KENT.—At 10.45 P.M. on the 10th January it was reported that a sprat boat—the Enchantress, of Westwhen gate-on-Sea—had been missing since i early morning. The weather had been moderately fine during day, but thick, off and on, with...
Services by Life-boats
Services by the Life-boats of the Institution and by Shore-boats during 1941 During the year life-boats were launched 747 times. Of these launches 481 were to vessels and aeroplanes in distress through attack by the enemy or from other...
Category: Services