LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Demonstrations Included the Capsize and Righting of the Rnli's Atlantic 21 Ilb a British Crew Righted the Boat First and Then After Being Instructed In the Righting Drill By
Demonstrations included the capsize and righting of the RNLI's Atlantic 21 ILB. A British crew righted the boat first and then, after being instructed in the righting drill by Mike Butler of the RNLI Cowes base, a Dutch crew took over... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (7)
JANUARY 7TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
At the request of the naval authorities the life-boat went to a spot where a Coastal Command aeroplane was reported to be circling over either an aeroplane or bodies in the sea, but she...
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the November and December, 1938, and January, 1939, Meetings of the Committee of Management
November Meeting.
Whitstable, Kent.—At about 11.30 A.M., on the 2nd October, 1938, the sailing dinghy Wana, of Whitstable, with one man on board, capsized about half a mile off Swale Cliff Rock. A moderate to fresh, squally...
Category: Services
The Naming of Rnlb Ann Ritchie Oban
ON SATURDAY May 7 a damp, overcast morning overshadowed the preparations at Oban for the naming ceremony of the first 33ft Brede lifeboat to go on station. As the time of the ceremony drew nearer, however, the weather improved and a warm,...
Category: Inaugurations
The Norwegian Fishing Vessel Vindhammer
Disabled longliner towed to safety in Force 9 Gale and 20ft seasTowing a fishing vessel of virtually ten times the displacement of the lifeboat isn't easy, to do so in seas averaging 20ft high and winds up to Force 9 is more difficult...
Statement of the Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
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Category: Articles
The S.S. Bonita
Lytham, Lancashire.—At 11.10 Oil the night of the 23rd of September, 1956, the Formby coastguard tele- phoned that the S.S. Bonita, of Stock- holm, had a man on board who had drunk poison and needed immediate medical attention. At...
The Thames on Trial
Stages in the self-righting trials of the 50ft Thames type at Brooke Marine Ltd, Lowestoft, in May and pictures of her at speed off the Suffolk coast by courtesy of Ford Jenkins and Brooke Marine Ltd. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Notes of the Quarter
RESCUE craft of the R.N.L.I. were launched on service more often in 1964 than in any other year since the Institution was founded in 1824. The number of launches by life-boats was 929 and by inshore rescue boats 238. Lives saved by...
Category: Articles
Jobs for the Girls
The women launchers at Boulmer, Northumberland. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor? How about Butcher, Baker and Candlestick Maker? Or, in the case of the RNLI, shore helper, medic, lifeboat crew and press officer? Mention any of these jobs and...
Category: Articles