LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Left: Launching the Experimental Boat
Left: Launching the experimental boat at DML with a Trent class lifeboat shown behind).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Young Helen
DUNBAR, HADDINGTONSHIRE.—During a westerly gale and moderate sea on the afternoon of the 18th March, the smack Young Helen, of Buckhaven, struck on the " Wildfire rock," bet ween North Berwick and Dunbar. On the information being...
Ada
Boulmer, Northumberland. At 3.50 on the morning of the 22nd of August, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the trawler Ada of Vlaardingen had grounded on Howick Rocks three miles north of Boulmer.
The life...
The S.S. Sveti-Duze, of Susak
Ramsgate, Kent.—25th April. The s.s. Sveti-Duze, of Susak, Yugoslavia, had collided with another steamer off the East Goodwin Sands, but both steamers were able to go on their way.
—Rewards, £5 8s..
A Principle Which Was Established By William Wouldhave
To make a boat self-righting keep the centre of gravity low and centre of buoyancy high, so that she is unstable when upside down - a principle which was established by William Wouldhave in 1789 and still holds true on today's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Tireless travels of former cox
Martin Woodward is the former Coxswain of Bembridge Lifeboat Station. Now in his 60s, he could be forgiven for taking it easy after years of dedicated service. Not a chance!
In 2009, Martin climbed Kilimanjaro, Africa’s...
Category: Articles
A Wellington Aeroplane
FEBRUARY 23RD. - MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND.
A Wellington aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but four airmen were picked up from a rubber dinghy by an examination vessel, and a fifth man could not be found. - Rewards, £21 18s...
Dunelm
North Sunderland, Northumberland.— At 10.50 in the morning of the 18th of June, 1949, the Seahouses coastguard telephoned that the tug Dunelm, of Newcastle, was signalling for help, and blowing her siren, half a mile east of Seahouses, and...
Strathclyde Scotland Division
The delightful harbour at Islay, with the afloat Thames class lifeboat lying in her sheltered inlet. The ferry to Jura is at the ramp behind her. The boathouse here is at present being rebuilt to provide better facilities for the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Hm Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Names Rnlb Rotary Service Dover
DOVER: OCTOBER 30, 1979 IT WAS PARTICULARLY FITTING that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother should agree to visit Dover to name the new lifeboat, for she is not only a Patron of the RNLI, but earlier last year she was installed as...
Category: Inaugurations