LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Services of the Life-Boats In July, August and September. 138 Lives Rescued
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Category: Services
The S.S. Niord
SEAHAM, DURHAM.—Towards midnight on the 31st Deo., 1898, signals of distress at sea were observed off this place, and when the New Year broke, the Life-boat SJcynner was on her way to render help to the vessel which had displayed them. The...
THE 18-HOUR RESCUE MISSION
When Islay lifeboat crew launched to a yachtsman in treacherous seas and force 11 winds, they couldn’t have known that their courage would result in a life saved that night – or a Medal for Gallantry
‘ My adrenaline...
Category: Articles
(Right) It Takes a Crane to Capsize An Atlantic
(Right) It takes a crane to capsize an Atlantic - her crew wait patiently underneath ready to right her while the safety boat keeps a watchful eye on things.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The BelgianYacht Nan Shan
At 5.30 p.m. on nth August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Belgian yacht Nan Shan had been taken in tow by the coaster Windsor Queen. The yacht's crew of three were on board the coaster and she requested...
Correct Method of Holding An Icarus Rocket for Firing (The Firing Lever Is Shown In Its Cocked Position at the Base of the Right-Hand Thumb).
Correct method of holding an Icarus rocket for firing (the firing lever is shown in its cocked position at the base of the right-hand thumb).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ranger of Lune
St. David's, Pembrokeshire - At 2.56 a.m. on 24th May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Ranger of Lune was in difficulties ten miles north-west of South Bishop's rock, as her engine had broken down....
First Aid for the Shipwrecked
A NEW division of the St. John Ambu- lance Brigade has been formed at Brixham, where it will work in conjunc- tion with the Torbay life-boat, turning out whenever the life-boat receives a call, and standing by to give first aid to any among...
Category: Articles
Notes of the Quarter
IN a world in which good news tends more and more to be excluded from the front pages of newspapers, it is gratifying to be able to record that the R.N.L.I.'s record last year was one of consistent and outstanding success. The number of...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
XXVII.—DUNDALK.
Stoctport Sunday School, 32 feet long, 7 feet 6 inches beam, 10 oars.
THIS Life-boat Station is on a low flat shore, three miles south of Soldiers' Point, the southern side of the...
Category: Articles