LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Building a Rother Class Lifeboat: Part Viii—Ballast Keel
MORE THAN TWO TONS of mild steel are forged into the Rother's ballast keel.
Together with such heavy members as the twin diesel engines, set low in the hull, the purpose of the ballast keel is to lower the centre of...
Category: Articles
The Witch
FAMILY PARTY ADRIFT IN A GALE Llandudno, Caernarvonshire.—On the morning of the 15th of November, 1947, a north-westerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea, and at 10.30 the coastguard reported a vessel...
The Motor Sand Barge Tony
DRIFTING SAND BARGE TAKEN IN TOW The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 12.20 on the morning of the 31st March, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor sand barge Tony of Hull had broken adrift with one man on board...
Sirdar
Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire.——At 7.30 in the night of the 23rd of October, 1949, a resident of Criccieth telephoned that he could see an unusual light a.
mile off Criccieth. The life-boat station made further enquiries...
Thanet
On the even- ing of the 15th December the steam trawler Thanet, of Hull, was seen to run aground on the Inner Binks sands.
She carried a crew of nine, and was returning home from the fishing grounds. The motor life-boat...
It's Cold and You'Re Tired and Hungry
It's cold, and you're tired and hungry - but the boat comes first. Crew members from Salcombe lend a willing hand as Princess Royal takes fuel soon after first light on a grey and chilly morning in Salcombe. after her overnight... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
M.F.V. Dumnonia
PORTPATRICK, January 8, 1988: with her propeller fouled by her fishing gear, MFV Dumnonia was drifting on to a lee shore, four miles away in a force 8 gale and in darkness. Portpatrick's 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat Douglas Carrie...
Noel and Progress
Early in the morning of the llth March several fishing boats went to sea, and all except two returned before low water. Th wind had freshened considerably from the east, and there was a lot of sea on Whitby Rock, which would sweep up the...
Jennie Lind
BALLYWALTER, Co. DOWN.—On the night of the 15th December the brigantine Jennie Lind, of Whitehaven, coal laden, was driven on the Pladdie Rocks off Ballywalter.
A strong S.E. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea, and...
Lady Jean
SAFELY ANCHORED At 5.15 p.m. on I3th September, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that a yacht appeared to be drifting in rough seas close by Walton pier and that further investigation was being made. At 6.10 the message was confirmed...