LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Yacht Nicephore
Ramsgate, Kent.— At 7.55 in the morning of the 22nd of August, 1948, a message was received from North Deal that a schooner yacht, the Nice- phore, of France, with eight men, women and children on board, was aground on the Brake Sands. She...
On Board the Louise Stephens
The first of the 46-feet Gorleston type, stationed at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston. The picture shows the wheel and the engine control board. The engine-room hatch is open.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Groves & Gutteridge Ltd
GROVES AND GUTTRIDGE ARE PROUD TO HAVE BUILT RNLI LIFE-BOATS SINCE 1931 AND ARE NOW BUILDING 9 MORE AT EAST COWES ISLE OF WIGHT (Tel: 098-382-2561).
Category: Advertisement
The Converted Ship's Life-Boat Marie II
FUEL HAD RUN OUT Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 6.10 p.m. on 23rd August, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Marie II, a converted ship's lifeboat, was long overdue in reaching Conway.
She was...
A Lobster Fishing Boat
DRIFTING LOBSTER PUNT Ballycotton, Co. Cork. At 11.20 a.m.
on 2yth July, 1964, the keeper of Ballycotton lighthouse told the honorary secretary that a lobster fishing boat with two men on board had broken down and was...
Technical Appointment
Mr. J. G. Groves, former Inspector of Machinery at the R.N.L.I., has been appointed Surveyor of Machinery on the retirement of Capt. D. A. Cotman, R.N..
Category: Committee
The Admiralty Vessel D.G.V.
Donaghadee, Co. Down. At 7.26 on the morning of the 12th of June, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an Admiralty vessel D.G. V. 400 was aground in Donaghadee Sound. The life-boat Sarah Ward and William David...
Zulu
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 10.30 on the morning of the 23rd of August, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that the harbour master at Laxey had reported a yacht making heavy weather between two and three miles off Laxey...
Fig I: the Forefoot of the Stem Has a Fine
Fig. I: The forefoot of the stem has a fine entry. Ruffle holes are built into the skeg through which preventer chains are passed to hold the lifeboat, when at rest, on her slipway.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Innes Farquhar Cpt Eric Masson
Innes Farquhar, Cpt Eric Masson, honorary secretary of Aberdeen RNLI, Alex Carnie of Seagram UK and Scottish regional organiser David Richardson attend the Martell presentation at Blaikie's Quay.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs