LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Canoe (1)
the morn- ing of the 14th September a young visitor to Saundersfoot put out in a canoe. A strong W.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. About half a mile off shore the canoe capsized, and was blown another mile out to sea with the boy...
Below (L-R): Phill Cummins, Ray Brown and Barry Chick
Below (l-r): Phill Cummins, Ray Brown and Barry Chick. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Brookes & Gatehouse Ltd
Over fifty R.N.L.I.
life boats are now equipped with HECTA echo sounders The HECTA Echo-sounder is designed for indefinite use in open cockpits. It's simple meter-type display provides a very clear indication of depth...
Category: Advertisement
Right: RNLI Ream Members With Compares Nell, Frank and Lucy.
Right: RNLI ream members with compares Nell, Frank and Lucy.. - View image in PDF
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Bow Over Stern and Floats Upsidedown (Lower Inset)
She capsizes bow over stern and floats upsidedown (lower insetkinti! the crew activate the inflatable ba. - View image in PDF
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Gallantry of a Son of a Life-Boat Worker
On 12th November last, the British steamer Vestris, two days out on a voyage from New York to Barbados and South American ports, sank in a gale 240 miles off the coast of Virginia, with heavy loss of life. Among those on board her was the...
Category: Articles
Pupils Steel the Day
A team from the Medway branch held its flag day in Strood and Rochester in March, raising £1,122 -a £400 increase on last year.. - View image in PDF
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The S.S. Alba
APRIL 16TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. A steamer was seen ashore on the North Goodwin Sands at about 7 P.M. and the motor life-boat Prudential was launched at 7.26 P.M. A westerly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea, and at times snow and hail...
Cover Picture
Recovery ofClogher Head's 35' 6" Liverpool lifeboat, Thomas Corbett. She has been beached, turned and then recarriaged. The tractor has been attached and all is ready for towing up the beach to the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Aphrodite
TOWED TO LOOE Plymouth, South Devon. At 5.20 p.m. on 26th November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a red flare had been sighted about four miles south-east of Banjo pier. It was low water with a slight sea and moderate...