LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Works of Peace. Life-Boat Services In 1869 and 1870
AMIDST wars and rumours of wars, whilst | the two leading nations of Western Europe are engaged in mortal strife—amidst the groans and cries of tens of thousands of wounded and dying men, and the tears and lamentations of countless numbers...
Category: Articles
1826 Plan of Douglas Bay and Harbour Clearly Shows Hazardous Rocks Improvements to Harbour Works Running Out from Douglas Head and St.Mary's Rock Propose
1826 Plan of Douglas Bay and Harbour clearly shows hazardous rocks. Improvements to harbour works, running out from Douglas Head and St Mary's Rock, proposed by Sir William Hillary, are hatched.
by courtesy of the Manx...
Category: Charts
Cwm Avon
GREENCASTLE, LONDONDERRY.—Signals of distress having been shown by a vessel on the TODS Bank, while the wind was blowing half a gale from the S.S.W., with a heavy sea, the Life-boat temporarily placed here while the Mary Beckwith was being...
84 - and Still Working for the Life-Boats.
The Institution has received cheques from two ladies wlao are now both 84 years old, but still coatiau* to collect for it. One cheque comes from Mrs. L. M. Smith, of Gedling, the honorary organiser for a district of the Nottingham branch,...
Category: Articles
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
FOR THE PRESERVATION OP LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
OBVERSE.—Bust of His Majesty KING EDWARD VII. Double Legend : " Royal National Life-boat Institution.
Founded in 1824. Incorporated 1860. King Edward VII...
Category: Medals
The Soviet Trawler Topaz and French Yacht Campscharles
Three nations THE SOVIET TRAWLER Topaz making for a position off Bournemouth with a French yacht, Campscharles, in tow was reported to HM Coastguard Solent RHQ by Lands End RHQ at 0910 on Thursday,October 14,1976. Two survivors aboard the...
The Motor Fishing Vessels Snowdrop and Yvonne Risager
Dunbar, East Lothian. At 10.15 on the morning of the 3rd of October, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the motor fishing vessel Snowdrop of Inverness was disabled off the Bass Rock, six miles east of...
RNLI In Action
From cliffs to islands, beaches to rivers, this selection of rescues demonstrates the depth of skill and nerve demanded of RNLI lifeboat crews and lifeguards - and that you can never predict where and when you may need their helpFirst aid...
Category: Articles
The Second Fore and Aft Skin Has Been Laid and the First Strake of the Third Skin Is Fitted Into Place This Third Skin Is Laid on the Opposite Diagonal to the First Skin
The second, fore and aft, skin has been laid, and the first strake of the third skin is fitted into place. This third skin is laid on the opposite diagonal to the first skin.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ros Airgead
Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 4.15 on the afternoon of the 17th of November, 1959, a message was received from Valentia radio that the trawler Ros Airgead of Dublin was drifting with a trawl foul of her propeller seven miles west of Bray Head. At...