LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Trawler
Baltimore, Co. Cork.—15th January, 1938. A steam trawler was in difficulties.
The distressed trawler had sent out signals by wireless. These had been picked up on shore, but communications with Baltimore were out of order....
Barge Sunk In the Thames Estuary. Silver Medal Service By Margate
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 154 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to March 31st, 1953 - 78,157 Barge Sunk in the Thames Estuary Silver Medal Service by...
Category: Services
A Dinghy (4)
JULY 2ND. - BLACKPOOL, AND LYTHAM ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A dinghy, thought to belong to a missing Wellington aeroplane, had been reported, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Blackpool, £8 2s. ; Lytham - St. Annes, £7 6s....
The Queen's Forts
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 3.40 in the afternoon of the 21st of February, 1948, the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board telephoned that a man, a diver of the Admiralty, working on the dis- mantling of the Queen's Forts, one and a...
The Service to the Carmania II
The Stromness Lifeboat is lying off the steamer, and the rope by which the crew were rescued can just be seen over the steamer's stern. - View image in PDF
(Seepage 211.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The RNLI's Chief Executive
The RNLI's Chief Executive and Chairman cut the turf to start building works for the Lifeboat College at Poole. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
University Marine Limited
Photograph by courtesy of the Evening Argus. Brighton EMOVS IT! WORK On the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Inshore Rescue Boats Evinrude motors have to work hard.
Have to be ready for action all the time, reliable,...
Category: Advertisement
Feature: Going the Distance
The very nature of the RNLI means that hundreds of miles are clocked up in the name of training.
Crew and lifeguards travel to Poole to benefit from the unique facilities of The Lifeboat College (see pages 6 and 33 for more...
Category: Articles
While Fred Williams (I) Appeals Office Supervisor Spins the Drum Tom O'Connor (Centre) Draws the Winning Tickets In the Rnll's Second Lottery at Poole Hq on Marc
While Fred Williams (I.), appeals office supervisor, spins the drum, Tom O'Connor (centre) draws the winning tickets in the RNLl's second lottery at Poole HQ on March 31. With them are Joyce Pearce, who organises the lottery at HQ,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Klaus
TOW FOR YACHT WITH FIVE ABOARD Ramsgate, Kent. At 5.30 on the afternoon of the llth May, 1963, the coastguard informed the coxswain that the yacht Klaus, near the Goodwin Knoll buoy, had steering trouble and needed help. The coaster Keynes...