LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
At the Sharp End
PUMP FLOATED ACROSS TO LEAKING CASUALTY IN STORM FORCE WINDS Five saved in 12-hour service to sinking trawler Number North Division Number's Arun class Kenneth Thelwall was away from her station for 12 hours in winds up to Force 10 when...
Category: Services
Notes of the Quarter
AT the Institution's annual general meeting, which was held on the 6th April, some remarkable facts about the year 1964 were given in the Chairman's report.
The year was in many respects an exceptional one. There...
Category: Articles
The Oxford Annual Meeting
In the centre is Miss Alice Marshall, Honorary Secretary. On her right: The Warden of New College (The Right Hon. H. A. L. Fisher, M.P.) and Captain Bourne, M.P. On her left: The Mayor, Admiral Sir Lionel Halse/ and Sir Godfrey... - View image in PDF
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The Sailing Barge Melissa
Ramsgate, Kent.—At about 12.33 A.M. on the 3rd January, 1938, flares were seen in the bay, and at 12.50 A.M.
the motor life-boat Prudential put out to investigate. A moderate E.N.E.gale was blowing, with a rough...
The Fraserburgh Disaster
Examining the life-boat (See page 469). - View image in PDF
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The Port Erin Experiment
THE first life-boat to be fitted with diesel engines was completed in 1936, and since 1952 diesel engines have been installed in all new life-boats. Never- theless, there are still an appreciable number of life-boats in the fleet which have...
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M.F.V. 160
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 5.16 on the morning of the 20th of May, 1959, the honorary secretary received a message from the s.s. Roebuck that M.F. V. 160 of the Royal Army Service Corps was anchored six miles south- south-west of Casquets...
The Screw Flat Llysfaen
PORTHDINLLAEN, NORTH WALES.—At about 9.30 A.M. on the 6th November, signals of distress were shown by the screw flat Llysfaen, of Liverpool, during a N. gale and a heavy sea. The George Moore Life-boat put off to her assistance, and was...
The Sailing Boat Junior
BOAT BEING SWEPT OUT TO SEA Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 10.50 on the night of the 30th of May, 1947, the coastguard reported that a sailing boat was becalmed and drifting off the breakwater. The motor life-boat A.E.D. was launched at eleven o'...
Ronnie Charms the Crowds
Celebrity Ronnie Corbett was the guest of honour at North Sunderland's lifeboat fete, held on 25 August.
It proved to be a record fundraising day for the hard working local ladies lifeboat guild who were supported by... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs