LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mediateur, of Nantes
On the 15th Nov. the surf Life-boat, the Boys, assisted by a steamer, saved the schooner Mediateur, of Nantes, and her crew of 6 men, from a dangerous position near the North Star Battery, Great Yar- mouth. The vessel was damaged in the...
Left - Launching of Clovelly'E Lifeboat
Left - Launching of Clovelly's lifeboat arouses the interest of villagers and tourists.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
On 21st June, 1970—The 30th Anniversary of the Evacuation of Dunkirk,
On 21st June, 1970—the 30th anniversary of the evacuation of Dunkirk, in May/June, 1940—a fleet of little ships of Dunkirk fame gathered in a huge circle off the coast of Thanet. Here a French sailor is shown casting a wreath from the town... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (30)
J UNE 3 RD. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. It had been reported that two of the crew of three of an aeroplane had left their machine by parachute, three miles south of the watch-house, but a piece of parachute was all that could be found. News...
Some of the Lifeboats of the Rnli Fleet
The photographs on these two pages are taken from those used in A Source Book of Lifeboats written by Ray Kipling, public relations officer, and recently published by Ward Lock; the book is reviewed on page 56..
Category: Articles
Shoreham: Motor Mechanic Jack Silverson Who Takes Care of the Exhibition Room In the Present Lifeboat House With Some of the Models and Other Exhibits on Display
Shoreham Motor Mechanic Jack Silverson. who takes care oj the exhibition room in the present lifeboat house, with some of the models and other exhibits on display.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Below) An Atlantic 21
(below) An Atlantic 21 lifeboat airborne in trials at the Shingle Bank off the Isle of Wight. The Atlantic 21 has enough speed, up to 30 knots, to run clear of unstable seas in shallow water or steer round breaking crests when going to... - View image in PDF
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The Return of the Life-Boat, Off Whitby
(l-'ruin a paintiwj by Kdwnrd Duncan. i'Jnyraved hi/ Arthur Willmow, 1878.).
Category: Drawings
John Wesley
RAMSEY, ISLE or MAN.—On the same day, at 7.30 A.M., the Two Sisters Life-boat, stationed at Ramsey, went out during a moderate gale from the E. and a heavy sea, and rescued the crew, numbering 5 men, from the schooner John Wesley, of...
Sir Alec Rose, Like the True Sailor He Is, Has Spoken With Reverence of the Power of the Sea: 'No One Knows the Sea, Which Is a Great Leveller That Soon Cuts the Big-Headed Sailor Down to Size. In Th
Sir Alec Rose, like the true sailor he is, has spoken with reverence of the power of the sea: 'No one knows the sea, which is a great leveller that soon cuts the big-headed sailor down to size. In the tremendous gales I have experienced... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs