LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ben Aigen
DUNGENESS.—On the night of the 15th February, signals of distress were observed and the crew of the Life-boat R.A.O.B.
were at once summoned. At about 10.30 the boat was launched in a rough sea, the wind blowing a moderate...
Peel, Isle of Man - Ireland Division
Peel's boathouse and slipway - tucked into the crook of the harbour between the breakwater and St Patrick's Isle in the main photo - were rebuilt in 1992 to house the station's carriage-launched Mersey. Because of the picturesque... - View image in PDF
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Waiting for the Lifeboat
As cruising yachtsmen most of us will go through life without needing a lifeboat.
Growing experience, natural caution and a healthy respect for the sea backed up with good safety equipment should see us through. But the...
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Four Bronze Medals for Shore-Boat Services
Newhaven (Sussex), South Shields (Northumberland).
THE Institution has awarded Bronze Medals for gallantry in saving life to four men, all four of whom ran great risk of losing their lives.
On the...
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Thebe
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 26th of July, 1958, the honorary secretary was told that a small boat appeared to be in difficulties one mile north of LittleOrme's Head. At 1.25 the life-boat Tillie...
Fig4: and Stowed on One Side Edian Courtauld Her Decks Stripped for Action Was at Cardnell Brothers for Partial Survey Her New Air Bag Has Already Been Fitted to Her
Fig. 5: New sacrificial anodes are fitted to afloat boats each year. The wastage caused by electrolytic action can be seen by comparing new anode with old one just taken off Edian Courtauld: Ji/6 of metal had been eroded in twelve months at... - View image in PDF
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The Racing Dinghy Meringue
Sheringham, Norfolk.—At 3.5 on the afternoon of the 27th of August, 1951, the life-boat Foresters Centenary was launched to stand by racing ding- hies in a regatta. A few minutes later one of them the Meringue capsized half a mile away. The...
An R.A.F. Aeroplane
DECEMBER 7TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 1 A.M. the coast-guard reported a message from the coastwatching post at Goring that it had seen red flares at sea about a mile away. A fresh S.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate...
News and Views
SEA Check under way The RNLI's Sea Safety team has been helping to educate sea users of all kinds since the initiative was first launched some four years ago, but it is now breaking new ground with its SEA Check scheme.
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Emergency Steering: the Tiller Can Be Seen on the Rudder Post
Emergency steering: the tiller can be seen on the rudder post.. - View image in PDF
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