LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Rescue Party Waits to Take An Injured Man from Aboard the Teignmouth Lifeboat to Hospital.
A rescue party waits to take an injured man from aboard the Teignmouth lifeboat to hospital. The man had fallen down cliffs on 18 March at Ansley's Cove in Torquay and suffered a broken ankle. He was carried a further 30ft to the base of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Washington Aircraft (1)
On the 26th of January, 1954, six life-boats, those from Barrow, Fleet- wood, Blackpool and Lytham-St.
Annes, Lancashire, and Douglas and Port St. Mary, Isle of Man, searched unsuccessfully for the crew of a Washington...
A Dinghy (2)
Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 3.25 p.m. on 22nd September, 1965, the motor mechanic reported that a dinghy had capsized in the estuary and that her crew were having difficulty in baling her out. At 3.39 the mechanic reported that the dinghy...
A Righting Drill
A righting drill, for use after capsize, has now been established for the D class inflatable lifeboat. Briefly, the crew climb on to the upturned boat, secure the painter to the lifting handles on the weather side, then stand on the lee side... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Fishing Boat (6)
Nov. 23RD. - HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE.
A fishing boat had been reported ashore on West Hoyle Bank, but when the life-boat arrived she found no one on board. Her crew of three had already been rescued.- Rewards, £9 16s....
A Trawler (13)
DEC. 2ND. - GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE.
A trawler had run on to the rocks, but her crew were rescued by the coastguard life-saving apparatus from the shore, with the life-boat standing by. - Rewards, £30 16s..
A Fishing Boat
JANUARY 26TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
A fishing boat, making for Rye from Hastings, had had trouble with her engine, but her crew beached her east of Rye Harbour.- Rewards, £66 0s. 6d..
A Tank Landing Craft
NOVEMBER 6TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
A tank landing craft had gone ashore, but the water was too shallow for the lifeboat to get near. Eventually the crew of the landing craft were able to walk ashore.- Rewards, £17...
A Steamer (19)
MARCH 17TH. - PORT ST. MARY, AND DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN. A steamer had stranded, near Fort Island, Isle of Man, but the crew were rescued from the shore by the coastguard life-saving apparatus. - Rewards : Port St. Mary, £25 8s. 9d. ;...
A beautiful morning
This view of the Cornish sunrise was taken from Penlee’s Severn class lifeboat Ivan Ellen on 12 October 2008. The crew were returning to shore with a 15m fishing vessel in tow. The Sowenna had suffered steering failure 5 miles south of her...
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