LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat
(See Diagrams on next page.) The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of a 34 feet by 7i feet self-righting boat. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view, the shaded part showing that devoted to the...
Category: Articles
The Humber Lightvessel
The Humber, Yorkshire.—At 7.45 P.M.
on the 17th December, 1937, the lifeboat watchman reported two rockets in a south-easterly direction. A strong N.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea, and squalls of rain and sleet.<...
The Phillip Rex
The Humber, Yorkshire.—Just after seven o'clock in the evening of the 9th of August, 1948, the Withernsea coast- guard reported a small motor yacht in difficulties two miles south of Withern- sea, and the motor life-boat City of Bradford...
The Lady Violet
MARCH 10TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. At 4.30 in the afternoon the Fairlight coastguard telephoned that all the fishing boats had returned except the Lady Violet, which appeared to be in difficulties to the southsouth- east, about one and a...
Services of the Life-Boats In October, November and December, 1953. 85 Lives Rescued
OCTOBER DURING October life-boats were launched 42 times and rescued 16 lives.
DOCTOR TAKEN TO SHETLAND ISLAND Aith, Shetlands.—At 2.35 on the after- noon of the 2nd of October, 1953, the doctor at...
Category: Services
Into the Dragon's Mouth
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 156 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to December 31st, 1949 ...
76,724 Into the Dragon's Mouth IN the...
Category: Services
Brothers to the Rescue
ON the morning of Easter Sunday a medical student and a nursing sister went out in a canoe from Bognor Regis.
When they were half a mile off shore they capsized. The wind, from the west, was strong, the sea rough, and the...
Category: Articles
Beyond the limit
Exmouth Helmsman Roger Jackson thought he would never launch a lifeboat again. But now four young men owe him their lives
Exmouth is a popular seaside destination but on the afternoon of 23...
Category: Articles
(Above) the Lerwick Crew
/Above) The ierwick crew left to right: Ian ieask. crew member; Michael Grant, crew member; Brian Laurenson, Emergency Mechanic; Peter Thomson. Emergency Mechanic; Richie Simpson, 2nd coxswain and Hewitt Clark, coxswain/mechanic.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Long Tow
WHEN THE new Gorleston 44-foot steel life-boat Khami on 5th September, 1967» went to the aid of the m.v. Aureity, whose steering gear had broken down, no one knew then that the life-boat would end up by towing the auxiliary cutter...
Category: Services