LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Swedish Presentation
THE Swedish Life-boat Society has awarded to the Institution its plaque of merit and two diplomas, each of which has this record: Swedish Life-boat Society pre- sents to the Royal National Life-boat Institution its plaque of merit for out-...
Category: Awards
Swedish Lifeboat Arrives for Trials
Swedish lifeboat arrives for trials The Swedish Victoria class lifeboat, which is to be trialled by the RNLI as part of the RNLI's Lifeboats 2000 boat development programme, arrived in Poole on 15 February.
She was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Deck Plan of a Self-Righting Life-Boat of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution Showing the Manner In Which the Gear Is Stowed
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Category: Drawings
Brooks & Bentley
set of crystal lighthouse salt & pepper shakers...
...exclusively from Brooks & Bentley Size approximately 4 110.5cm! in height r Known all over the world as The Guardians of the Sea' the lighthouse has ;...
Category: Advertisement
Seventeenth of May
On the 3rd Feb., during an easterly gale, the Job Uindley Life-boat on this station was launched on observing the wreck of the Nor- wegian schooner Seventeenth of May, from which she was successful in saving 7 men..
Radio Caroline (1)
The life-boat Edian Courtauld put out on 20th January to the help of the wireless transmitting station Radio Caroline.
An account of this service, for which special awards were made to the coxswain and crew, appears on page...
Morse Controls Ltd
GEAR SELECTOR VALVE Torbay Lifeboat 'Princess Alexandra of Kent' showing use of MD24 control with GARDNER LW engine and DC gearbox hydraulically actuated GOVENOR CONTROL 'It's simplicity itself (AN ASSOCIATE COMPANY OF MORSE...
Category: Advertisement
Relief Fleet - Mersey Class Marine Engineer
An air of cheerful expectancy surrounded the Docklands Sailing Centre, Isle of Dogs, on 25 April 1991 for the visit of HRH The Duchess of Kent to name the relief Mersey class lifeboat Marine Engineer. The morning dawned bright enough, but... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
By the Time the Fast Afloat Boat 4 Prototype
Developing new lifeboats to meet the needs of the 1990s and into the next century is an expensive business. By the time the Fast Afloat Boat 4 prototype pictured here enters service it is estimated that production boats will cost some... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Left: RNLI Senior Driver George Dadds
Left: RNLI senior driver George Dadds makes loading an Atlantic 21 look far too easy as he slips it on to the bed of his Mercedes. The truck is used mainly for long-haul work to Scotland and Ireland.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs