LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Twenty Branches With the Highest Collections, 1929-30
WE publish below a table showing the twenty Branches which made the largest contributions to the Institution during the financial year ending the 30th Sep- tember, 1930. Fourteen are English, four Scottish, and two...
Category: Branches
Looking fore and aft
What’s it like to take a lifeboat through stormy seas while saving supporters from the muddy waters of legalese? Solicitor and former Coxswain John Stewart explains
‘I’m adjusting well but want to get used to being away...
Category: Articles
Water Safety Roadshow
Coming to a place near you soonSometimes good advice can be difficult to swallow, especially if it's on a subject close to your heart. This, coupled with the fact that people generally don't actively go out and seek advice, can be a...
Category: Articles
Fig 3: Buoyancy Air Cases Each Shaped to Fit and Marked With Its Position Are Taken Out When Opening Up the Hull for Examination at Partial and Complete Survey
Fig.4:.. . 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 after cabin top.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Services
West Division January storm BRONZE MEDALS AT 1137 ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1988 the Blackpool station honorary secretary, Mr Rowland Darbyshire was alerted by Liverpool Coastguard MRSC that a small vessel had fired red flares 11/4 miles...
Category: Services
Cb Or Vhf? the Coastguard's View
OVER THE PAST five years, HM Coastguard has been provided with a great deal of very sophisticated VHF radio equipment to cover the International distress and calling frequency and other frequencies in the marine band. This system now covers...
Category: Articles
Cash Concerto
The BT Scottish Ensemble lovingly brought the genius of Bach and Bartock to the ears of 220 guests at the Three Counties Gala concert in April.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
May Day 1-31 May
‘ If it wasn’t for the helmet, I wouldn’t be here’
It’s easy to take the things that protect us for granted. We get used to having our day-to-day safety nets there
should we ever need them. But our volunteers...
Category: Articles
James Postlethwaite
Ferryside, Carmarthenshire. — During the morning of the 28th August, 1938, a vessel under sail was seen beating up towards Cefn Sidan. A moderate N.
gale was blowing, with a moderate sea.
The vessel was...
Four Attempts to Go Alongside Yawl
ON the morning of the 1st June, 1961, Mr. E. R. Copeman, the honorary sec- retary of the Teesmouth branch, was travelling with his wife on the coast road towards Redcar when his wife noticed a yacht close inshore in broken water. Mr. Copeman...
Category: Services