LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Publican and Prankster Geoff Atkinson
Publican and prankster Geoff Atkinson is not the kind to throw the towel in when it comes to a bet. In fact, the landlord of the Fleece Inn at Holme is more likely to wear one! Geoff s latest stunt to raise money for the RNLI was to wear the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Miss Pritchard and William Henry
GBOOKSPOBT, IRELAND.—At 8.30 A.M.
on the 29th September it was reported that two vessels were dragging their anchors and were likely to be driven ashore at Bangor Point. A heavy gale was Wowing from the N.E. and the sea was...
Two Shrimping Boats, the Edith and Alice and Don't Know
LOWESTOFT.—On the morning of the 19th July, during a strong N.E. wind, a very heavy sea, and thick weather wi th rain, the No. 2 Life-boat Stock Exchange was launched, , having brought up on Corton Mate about four and a half miles N. of...
Mam Photo Top - Visitors Form An Orderly Queue
Mam photo top - Visitors form an orderly queue for the RNLI walk-through roadshow. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
Awards on the Closing of Stations.
ALNMOUTH.
JOHN W. STEWART, 12J years second cox- swain and 8$ years a member of the crew, a life-boatman's certificate of service, and a pension.
Category: Awards
Pilot Me and Royal Empire
On returning to harbour shortly after 4 P.M. on the 21st February the crew of the fishing boat Pilot Me reported that they had found the breaking seas at the harbour entrance very difficult and that the coble Royal Empire had yet to make...
The Wreck Register and Chart
WE are glad to be in a position to present to our readers our customary annual review of the casualties in shipping, the loss of life incurred, and the lives saved by the Institution in the year ending June 30th, 1913, in connexion with the...
Category: Articles
Fig 6: Brian Augustus Inspects Antibounce Device In Control Box Weighted Gravity Sensitive Lever Can Be Seen In Centre Pressure Gauge on Top Left and a Tube of Silica Gel C
Fig. 6: Brian Augustus inspects antibounce device in control box. Weighted gravity sensitive lever can be seen in centre, pressure gauge on top left and a tube of silica gel crystals (to ensure there is no moisture in this watertight box)... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Long and Hazardous Service
COXSWAIN John King of Bridlington has been awarded the Institution's bronze medal for gallantry for a service described in the official report as 'long, frustrat- ing and hazardous'. At the end of it the life-boat saved the life...
Category: Services
Two Punts and an Outboard Motor Boat
OCTOBER 11TH. - TORBAY, DEVON.
Shortly after 9.30 at night the Paignton police reported a boat on fire off Roundham Head. The weather was calm, but there was a dense fog. The motor life-boat George Shee was launched at 9.50...