LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Lilian
SEAHAM, DURHAM.—A reef of rocks about one mile to the south of Seaham Harbour was, on the 18th February,the scene of a shipping disaster which would have probably caused the loss of twelve lives had it not been for the valuable aid rendered...
Services of the Life-Boats of the Institution During 1923
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Category: Services
Dora the Colonel's 'Pretty' Lifeboat Saving the Crew of Jeune Hortense In 1888
Dora, the colonel's 'pretty' lifeboat saving the crew of Jeune Hortense in 1888. - View image in PDF
Photograph bv courtesy of F. E. Gibson. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Equipment of a Life-Boat. (Continued.)
The Sails of a Life-boat are of No. 5 or No. 6 canvas, made from the finest flax, and tanned with bark to render them rot-proof. They are now all cut with a very high peak, and consist in most cases of a jib and standing fore and mizen lugs,...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Kedah, of Singapore
AUGUST 12TH. - ST. IVES, AND PADSTOW, CORNWALL. At 10.40 in the morning the St. Ives coastguard reported that a tug, with a steamer in tow, north of St. Ives Head, was making little headway. A fresh westerly gale was blowing, with very heavy...
The Lifeboat Was Made By Mrs Jean Peel
Over J,000 hand-made paper flowers were needed to transform a rowing boat into a 47ft Watson class lifeboat. The old Coniston custom of dressing rowing boats has been revived as part of Coniston water festival. The lifeboat was made by Mrs... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Record of the Branches
LAST year, it will be remembered, a list was published in The lifeboat of the twenty Branches which had sent in the largest aggregate contributions, and a list of eleven Branches selected from those with...
Category: Branches
I invented the lifeboat!
After 186 years of innovation, the RNLI is recognised internationally as a leader in lifeboat design and development. So why does the title ‘lifeboat inventor’ and the achievements of three 18th-century gentlemen still cause controversy and...
Category: Articles
Scarborough Evening News Man on the Spot on 7Th August Was Chief Photographer Jay Mason—He Was Taking Pictures of Filey Life-Boat's Demonstration Launch When a Real Rescue Came Up. Th
Scarborough Evening News man on the spot on 7th August was chief photographer Jay Mason—he was taking pictures of Filey life-boat's demonstration launch when a real rescue came up. The launch, for Filey life-boat flag day, involved the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Fundraisers
Boule me over! Treliske Cellar Supplies of Truro are staunch supporters of the lifeboat service. Five years ago the company's managing director, Bill Peaker, came up with the idea of playing the French game ofboule and organised the...
Category: Articles