LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Search and Rescue Seminar In the United States
A SEMINAR was held in New York from the I2th to i4th May, 1965, under the auspices of the United States Coast Guard to discuss the search and rescue organization in the North Atlantic basin. The delegates were not official government...
Category: Meetings
The Renovated Unity Buildings Are the Home for Salcombe's Crew
(Above right] The renovated Unity Buildings are the home for Salcombe's crew and a new museum. The top floor is the RNLI's only holiday flat!. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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FLOATS MISTAKEN FOR MEN Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wezford.—At 9.40 in the morning of the 21st of October, 1947, information was received that what appeared to be a partly sub- merged boat with three men clinging to it had been seen in...
Chichester Branch and the Hayling Island Lifeboat Crew
Runs aground: not quite Lords but an equally demanding wicket. Due to obvious tidal reasons the sponsored cricket match between Chichester branch and the Hayling Island lifeboat crew and supporters had to be limited to 20 overs per innings.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Its Object and Work
(Supported solely l y Voluntary Contributions.) ITS OBJECT AND WORK.
The work of the Institution mainly consists of— 1. Building, equipping and maintaining Life-boats, transporting carriages, boathouses and slipways...
Category: Articles
The 12-Feet Sailing Boat Pandora and Henrietta
Moelfre, Anglesey. — In the after- noon of the 21st of June, 1952, a strong wind had suddenly sprung up, and at 1.30 a sailing boat was seen to be drifting towards Dulas Island. The life-boat G.W. was launched at 2.15.
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The Motor Fishing Boats Comfort, Enterprise, Widgeon and Rosa
On the morning of the 26th September a strong south- erly breeze increased to a whole gale, making the sea very heavy at the harbour bar. The local motor fishing boats Comfort, Enterprise, Widgeon and Rosa were at sea, and the motor life-...
Grace Darling's Coble. A Permanent Home at Bamburgh
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 90 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 104 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to 27th November, 1930 62,443 Grace Darling's Coble.
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Category: Articles
The Motor Fishing Vessels Wayside Flower, Energy, Betty and Winifred
Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 1.30 p.m.
on 25th January, 1966, the honorary secretary was informed that four motor fishing vessels. Wayside Flower, Energy, Betty and Winifred were fishing in bad weather. The life-boat Tillie...
S.S. Empire Kingsley, of Greenock and Escort Vessel
MARCH 22ND. - SENNEN COVE, CORNWALL.
At 3.40 in the afternoon an explosion was heard and it was seen that a vessel had been torpedoed about seven miles northwest of the life-boat station. A moderate east-south-east wind...