LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (167)
NOVEMBER 2ND. - MINEHEAD, SOMERSET.
An aeroplane was reported to have crashed into the sea. With the help of soldiers the life-boat was launched, but shefound nothing, and articles subsequently washed ashore proved the...
A Steamer (4)
FEBRUARY 28TH. - FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.
The life-boat put out at the request of the naval authorities to search for survivors from a steamer, but on reaching the position given, she found naval vessels exploding depth...
A Motor Vessel (1)
DECEMBER 13TH. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE. An SOS had been received from a motor vessel on fire off Corsewall Point, but the fire was got under control, the injured members of the crew were taken off by a motor launch, and tugs arrived to...
Wind power in Shetland
The RNLI has installed its first station wind turbine, at Aith, Shetland – the charity’s most northerly lifeboat station. The turbine, a 20kW Westwind unit, was switched on in the Autumn of 2009 and should generate around 40,000kWh a...
Category: Articles
A Brawn leader
He’s engineered glorious victories for the best drivers in the world – and now Ross Brawn’s formula for success is helping the RNLI build a new lifeboat.
Ross Brawn is no stranger to spending hours watching teams pit their...
Category: Articles
Johnston's Cliff-Crane
AMONGST the various instruments which have been invented from time to time for rescuing persons from drowning, is the in- genious machine with the above title, a drawing and description of which we annex.
The Cliff-crane...
Category: Articles
Ferona of Exeter
On the 5th No- vember the schooner Ferona, of Exeter, drove on shore near the entrance of Yar- mouth harbour: the Yarmouth smaller life- boat went to her assistance through a heavy surf, and succeeded in rescuing her crew of 5 men, landing...
Graces, of Shields
On the 12th December the Thurso life-boat rescued the crew of 15 men from the barque Graces, of Shields, which was dragging her anchors in Thurso Bay, and had hoisted a signal of distress.
May (1)
MAY MEETING PORTLOE, CORNWALL. At 2.40 in the morning of the 14th April, 1941, the coastguard watchman saw an aeroplane make a forced landing on the sea. Her engines had failed. He immediately called on two fishermen, who put out in a boat....
Category: Services
Thomas Deas
JANUARY 21ST. - PORTASKAIG , ARGYLLSHIRE. At about 10.10 P.M. the Kilchoman coastguard telephoned that a trawler was ashore in the Sound of Islay. The night was dark, with an easterly gale and a rough sea. The motor life-boat Charlotte...