LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Around the Coast
Barrow branch has set itself the target of raising £26,000, the estimated cost of reengining and refitting its lifeboat, the 46' 9" Watson, Herbert Leigh. The halfway mark, £13,000, was passed last...
Category: Articles
The Dredger Samphire (1)
Fenit, and Valentia, Co. Kerry. — On the afternoon of the 80th of January, 1951, anxiety was felt for the safety of the crew of seven of the Tralee Harbour Commissioners dredger Samphire.
Nothing had been heard of...
The Helwick Lightvessel
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—At twelve noon on the 10th of February, 1953, the Superintendent of Trinity House asked if the life-boat would take a mechanic to the Helwick lightvessel, as the light needed attention. At 9.35 on the morning of the...
The Sand Hopper Seastone
HOPPER ON FIRE Selsey, Sussex. At 8.43 a.m. on 27th May, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the sand hopper Seastone of London had sent a distress message from a position two miles west of the Owers lightvessel,...
Feature: the Survival Centre
A crew member urges the Severn class Lifeboat towards her destination, a burning tanker apparently on the horizon. Just metres away, the crew of an Atlantic 75 lifeboat works hard to right their capsized vessel It sounds like a scene...
Category: Articles
and the Sponsorship:
. . . and the sponsorship: Stephen Treadaway presents to Lionel Sharp, Faringdon branch secretary, the £220 which he raised by running in the Swindon Marathon. With them is Stephen's father, George, who in six years has raised over... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mp Cuts the Ribbon
Pulling a fast one? There is no truth whatsoever in the rumour that the RNLI trials team are looking for an alternative means of lifeboat propulsion and asked the Director to acheive 25 knots under oar! Brian Miles, right, is actually... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Fishing Cobles
APRIL 27TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE. As a strong north-west wind had suddenly sprung up, raising a rough sea, the motor life-boat The Cuttle was launched at 12.20 in the afternoon to escort the fishing cobles to harbour.
Some of...
On the Variations of the Reading of the Barometer and the Weather In the Months of October and November, 1864
By JAMES GLAISHER, Esq., F.R.S.
THE variations in the readings of the barometer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, are shown in the annexed diagram, including 46 days, ending the 30th of November, daring which period...
Category: Articles
The Fleetwood Life-Boat
8th January.
The Fleetwood life-boat on passage to her station had engine trouble, but did not need help.—Rewards, £2 10s..