LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Stromness, Orkneys.—16th January.
Distress signals had been reported off Rose Ness, Holm, at midnight, but nothing could be found and the life-boat returned after being away for sixteen hours.—Rewards, £19 Is. Qd..<...
The Control Board
A closer view, with the engine-hatch open, showing the engine-room and the two 35-h.p. petrol engines. - View image in PDF
These two photographs are of the 41-feet Watson life-boat Mary Ann Hepwortli, stationed at Whitby in 1938.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Recognition for Boatbuilders
A commemorative vellum has been awarded by the Institution to Messrs.
J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., who built 134 life-boats for the Institution between 1898 and 1964. Last year the firm ceased building wooden boats at...
Category: Awards
The Eight Robsons
The eight members of the family at present in the crew of the North Sunderland life-boat.
In the centre Coxswain James Robson. An article on the work of four generations of lifeboat Robsons appeared in the last number of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Arun Class Ralph and Bonella Farrant
The Arun class Ralph and Bonella Farrant previously in the relief fleet and now on temporary station duty at Fenit - tows the motor cruiser Mayfly into Salcombe after she had broken down off Bolt Tail.
Photo Derek... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
D Class Inflatable Lifeboats from Rhyl Llandudno and Flint
Rhyl's D class inflatable lifeboat uses an impromptu slipway on the A548 coast road at Savoy Cove, North Wales during the flooding. - View image in PDF
(Photo Paul Frost, Rhyl liteboat crew). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Miss G M Milburn
JULY 1988:Miss G. M. Milburn, donor of the Waveney class lifeboat The White Rose of Yorkshire and the D class lifeboat Gwynaeth, both stationed at Whitby.William Pritchard, coxswain of Beaumans lifeboat until his retirement in 1980.
Category: Obituaries
A Helping Nose
The Poole HQ's lifeboatman entered into the spirit of Comic Relief day on March 10, when staff braved the heights outside the building to add his distinctive red nose.
The replacement statue was positioned at first... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Atlantic 21
Length 6.9m (22ft 9in) Beam 2._44m (8ft) Displacement Approx 2,750lb Speed 29 knots Endurance 3 hours at max. - View image in PDF
speed Crew 3 Construction GRP hull with hypalon-coated nylon tube. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Vessel (29)
AUGUST 16TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
A vessel of over 5,000 tons had been mined at the mouth of the Humber, but all the survivors were picked up by armed trawlers. - Paid permanent crew..