As already mentioned, one of the chief features of this Journal will be to bring into prominent notice the several County Asso- ciations and Local Committees that have long existed around our coasts, and to urge on the well-wishers to the...
Category: Articles
RNLI lifeboats have a nominal working life of some 20 years, so when the Institution's current slipway-launched lifeboats reach the end of their twodecades of work in 2003 there will be an obvious need to replace them - but what should...
Category: Articles
AT 11.30 on the morning of the 28th August, 1919, during a strong southerly gale with a very heavy sea and thick rain, the Bembridge Life-boat was launched to the help of an American steamer, the s.s. Wakvlla, of Los Angeles, which had...
Category: Services
To improve communications for D class ILBs, Ron Caldicott (/.), electronics surveyor/ maintenance, and Pete Young, electronics surveyor, have produced a portable, waterproof and unsinkable version of the Pye Westminster VHP... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
DIAL BEFORE YOU SAIL PORTSMOUTH BRIGHTON BOURNEMOUTH Now, before sailing, you can check the latest coastal weather conditions anywhere in the UK, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week — simply by picking up your telephone.
The...
Category: Advertisement
Michael Gray, pictured meeting crew and station personnel at Cullercoats lifeboat station shortly before completing his sponsored cycle ride, cycled from Surbiton, Surrey, to Newcastle-upon-Tyne last September, raising £189 on behalf of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
When rescue services are called out in extremely rough weather conditions, confidence is assured when supported by a lifeboat thats tough & reliable. FBM have been building tough and reliable boats for many years, since 1929 one hundred...
Category: Advertisement
Like the RNLI, Haven is at the heart of coastal communities. Last spring we began a 3-year partnership to make our coasts safer and help people create happy memories by the sea
Haven runs 40 award-winning holiday parks...
Category: Articles
Lifeboats in the South Seas - in TongaJust before Christmas, Swanage lifeboat station received news of their old lifeboat, Thomas Markby, which served at the station from 1928 to 1949.
The letter came from the Kingdom of...
Category: Articles
Aerokits Ltd have recently introduced into their model range a kit for the 48' 6" Solent class lifeboat, the prototype of which (shown above) is being given to Southwold Lifeboat Museum.
A royalty will come to the...
Category: Articles