LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
On Instruction from the Coxswain and Second Coxswain
On instruction from the coxswain and second coxswain, the crew of Southsea lifeboat launch by pulling on the haul-off warp. This was a rope which was attached to an anchor offshore, allowing the lifeboat to be hauled out through the surf... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Measurements Giving the Fore and Ajt Positions of All Transverse Members—Moulds Bulkheads and Timbers—Are Brought Down from Building Batten to Hog By Plumb Line
Measurements giving the fore and ajt positions of all transverse members—moulds, bulkheads and timbers—are brought down from building batten to hog by plumb line.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
When Stanley Brett District Engineer (North West) Retired After 38 Years Service Motor Mechanics from Lifeboat Stations In All Parts of the North West of England and W
When Stanley Brett, district engineer (north west), retired after 38 years service, motor mechanics from lifeboat stations in all parts of the north west of England and Wales gathered at the Grange Hotel, Rhyl, to wish him well. Mr Brett,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Netherlands: (Above) Gebroeders Luden One of Six 2037M Self-Righting Lifeboats In the Knzhkmfleet (Below) President Jan Lels the Oldest Twin Screw 'All Weat
The Netherlands: abo 'e) Gebroeders Luden, one of six 20.37m self-righting lifeboats in the KNZHKMfleet, (below) President Jan Lels, the oldest twin screw 'all weather' lifeboat in the KZHRM fleet.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Destined for Life-Boat Stations All Over the U.K., the First Ever Delivery of Martell Cognac Was Recently Received at the R.N.L.I. Depot at Borehamwood,
Destined for life-boat stations all over the U.K., the first ever delivery of Martell cognac was recently received at the R.N.L.I. Depot at Borehamwood, Herts. Taken in the depot's rigging loft, the picture shows (left to right)... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
All That Remained of the 19Ft Sum Speed After She Caught Fire on the River Orwell In Suffolk Both of Harwich's Lifeboats
All that remained of the 19ft Sum Speed after she caught fire on the River Orwell in Suffolk. Both of Harwich's lifeboats were called to the scene and the photograph was taken from the lifeboat by the crew.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boat Services
ON the evening of 20th January last year the Danish motor fishing vessel Opal sailed from Buckle and set a course for the Fladden fishing grounds. At about 10.30 p.m. it was discovered that the engine room was flooding. Both main bilge and...
Category: Services
School project 1976
OUT OF THE MANY ENTRIES W6 have received the following school projects from 9 to 13 years old were judged the best: First prize: A trip on one of Her Majesty's warships: Richard Evans Clevedon Comprehensive School, Avon Laura Brown...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
Length. Breadth. No. of Oars. When Stationed or Named. No, ENOLAMT). Ft In. Ft. In. NORTHUMBERLAND BERWICK-ON-TWEED - - - 37 - 8 - 12 1888 1 HOLY ISLAND — No. 1 _ - — 34 - 8 3 ...
Category: Articles
Plymouth
Fleet Chief Petty Officer Charlie Haydon at HMS Raleigh, Plymouth, has pushed back the frontiers of sponsored fund raising yet one stage further. This is a sponsored whaler smash. Two teams of new recruits to the Navy, armed with sledge... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs