LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Dunkirk pilgrimage When 30 of the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships sailed from Ramsgate for Dunkirk on May 30 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the evacuation, they were accompanied by the new 52ft Arun relief lifeboat Edith Emilie,...
Category: Articles
Advance In the Motor Life-Boat
THE last article on the Installation of the Motor in Life-boats appeared in The Life-boat Journal, VOL XX., No. 225, published in August, 1907, and it will it is thought be of interest to our readers if we review the progress made since that...
Category: Articles
Photographs are notorious for reducing the apparent size of a wave - but one glance at that breaker, pictured between Teesmouth's Tyne class and the 97,000 tonne casualty, shows how truly horrendous the conditions were on 28 February.
Photographs are notorious for reducing the apparent size of a wave - but one glance at that breaker, pictured between Teesmouth's Tyne class and the 97,000 tonne casualty, shows how truly horrendous the conditions were on 28... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Peter Woodworth,
November Peter Woodworth, former Port Erin coxswain from 1972 until 1982.
Peter joined the crew in 1947 and was second coxswain from 1953 until 1972. He was awarded the long service badge in 1982..
Category: Obituaries
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Category: Advertisement
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1884
THE Wreck Register which has been issued within the last few days by the Board of Trade affords, in its elaborate and care- fully prepared tables, abundant matter for consideration and thought. Many of the facts laid before us draw from us...
Category: Articles
Feature: Lifeboating - An Education
Many colleges have their own sports teams, but how many can claim to have their own lifeboat crew? At Atlantic College, a crew made up of teachers and students is on call, ready to swap the classrooms and quarters at St Donat's Castle...
Category: Articles
Coxswain Peter Burwood Presented the Prizes for a Pumpkin
Coxswain Peter Burwood of Harwich presented the prizes for a pumpkin growing competition arranged last year by Bury St Edmunds branch. Seven schools took part and £948.58 was raised together with a further £50 for the sale of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Practical Demonstrations: on Steering (Right) With Coxswain John Dare; In Seamanship on the After Deck (Left) With Crew Member John Sheldon
practical demonstrations: on steering (right), with Coxswain John Dare; in seamanship on the after deck (left) with Crew Member John Sheldon;. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Wreck Register and Chart for 1868
As the year rolls round, and in the midst of great storms, this sad tidings of disaster; at sea, the Wreck Register, makes its ap- pearance, and brings afresh to our recollec- tion the scenes of desolation witnessed on too many parts of our...
Category: Annual Reports