LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Crosby Lightship
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 11.38 A.M. on the 8th March, 1939, the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board reported that the Crosby Lightship was adrift.
A heavy W.N.W. gale was blowing, with a very rough sea and rain squalls. The No...
The Sailing Boat Cameo
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 8.23 on the evening of the 12th November, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the sailing boat Cameo with a man and a boy on board was overdue from Langstone harbour. She had left the...
The Life-Boat Station
THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, {Deluding the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convoy an idea of the general character of one of the 308 Life-boat Stations...
Category: Articles
Reaching the limits
It was the morning of Saturday 24 May 2008 and the sailor, en route from the Azores to Ireland, was in considerable pain. He struggled to control his yacht in the rough seas that would inevitably worsen – gales were expected for the evening....
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The kapok enquiry
Kapok offers great advantages over cork as regards weight, buoyancy, the ease with which it can be adjusted to any shape, and the protection which it affords against cold. Kapok is a vegetable fibre found chiefly in the East Indies, the best...
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The Enterprise of Dublin
A schooner was observed ashore on the Causeway on the morning of the 12th March last, during a strong breeze from the E.N.E. and a rough sea. The Lifeboat Christopher Bmon put off at 7.30, and found that the crew of the vessel, which was the...
The Austrian Schooner Nicolo
On the night of the 31st March, during a gale of wind from the N.W., the Princess of Wales life-boat went off in reply to a signal from the Austrian schooner Nicolo, which had stranded near Penial, Anglesea, to the assistance of some boatmen...
After the Rescue
The Walton and Frinton motor life-boat" E.M.E.D." refuelling after the service to the " Esterel.". - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Polar Challenge
RNLI staff members Clare Kavanagh and Philippa Thompson, along with friend Jocie Robertson, have become the first all-female team to take on the Polar Challenge. The intrepid trio, dubbed the eg arctic angels, set off on their challenge, not... - View image in PDF
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The Belfast Centenary Meeting
Front row, left to right:—The Marquess of Londonderry, K.G., Captain the Viscount .Curzon, R.N.V.R., M.P., the Lord Mayor (Sir William Turner) the Governor (the Duke of Abercprn) Councillor H.M Launn (High Sheriff), the Marquess of Dufferin... - View image in PDF
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