LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Effective But Less Elegant Self-Righting Method
An effective but less elegant self-righting method. Inflating an air-bag, seen here on a 52ft Barnett, moves the centre of buoyancy to right the boat, but its bulk is less than convenient if left inflated.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Margate's Mersey class, Leonard Kent, stands by as tugs fight the fire aboard container vessel, Ever Decent, which collided with cruise liner, Norwegian Dream, off the Kent coast on 24 August. See Stop Press on services page 13 for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Above - Thurso and Longhope Lifeboats
Above - Thurso and Longhope lifeboats stand by with the Orkney Harbours tug, Einar. as 14 crew members from Multitank Ascania are airlifted to safety by the RAF Sea King helicopter from Lossiemouth Photo: J Mathieson. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In Retirement Services
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Category: Advertisement
Long Service Ladies
At the recent AGM of Anstruther lifeboat womens' guild, President Edith Clark, wife of lifeboat station's coxswain, John Clark, handed out eight long service certificates to guild members for service to the station.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Nov. 8TH. - ARBROATH. ANGUS. It was reported that a man had been drowned off that part of the coast known as Mariners' Grave, but the life-boat could find nothing.
- Rewards, £7 6s. 6d..
A Seaplane
DEC. 6TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
A German bombing seaplane had crashed into the sea and no survivors could be found.
Parts of the machine and a body of a German airman were washed ashore. - Rewards,...
John Bakke
FEBRUARY 1ST. - TROON, AYRSHIRE.
The Norwegian steamer John Bakke, of Haugesund, had run aground, but when the life-boat reached her, her fore part was high and dry and help was not needed. - Rewards, £6 17s....
Anu
FEBRUARY 7TH. - BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS. The steamer Anu, of Esthonia, had sunk after being mined, and some survivors had landed at Buddon Ness, but the life-boat searched for others without result. - Rewards, £6 12s..
A Minesweeper (6)
NOVEMBER 29TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX.
A British aeroplane was reported to have been shot down in the sea and the pilot to be drifting in a rubber boat off East Beach, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £18 10s. 6d..<...