LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Mine Sweeper Willett
At 4.45 A.M. on the 5th December informa- tion was received that the Sunk Light- vessel was firing signals for assistance to be sent to a vessel which was on the West Rocks. The crew of the Motor Life-boat James Stevens No. 14 were promptly...
The Hardchine Hull (Right) Running at a Displacement Near to That of the Final Boat,
s. The hardchine hull (right) running at a displacement near to that of the final boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Long Tow
The new Gorleston 44-foot steel life-boat Khami bringing in the Theodora after a round trip of nearly 100 miles on 4th September, 1967, when the 38-ton auxiliary yacht carrying 14 people got into difficulties in the North Sea. The photograph... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Fishery Cruiser Norna
LONG STAND-BY At 7.20 a.m. on 25th September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the fishery cruiser Norna was being blown ashore at Loch Shell but did not require immediate help. There was a rough sea with a strong...
The Royal Sovereign Lightvessel
Eastbourne, Sussex. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 8th of June,1960, the coastguard asked the cox- swain for the help of the life-boat to take off a member of the crew of the Royal Sovereign lightvessel, who was seriously ill....
The next generation
How do young volunteers get involved in the RNLI of the 21st century? Life is not as simple as it used to be but the charity has a solution
Historically lifeboat stations were able to casually welcome enthusiastic...
Category: Articles
The Sailing Ship Ardencraig
The sailing ship Ardencraig, of Glasgow, foundered off Scilly during the afternoon of 8th January. Distress signals were heard from the Bishop Light-house, and the St.
Agnes Life-boat, Charles Deere James, and St....
The Fisherman's Aneroid Barometer
THE NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has decided to supply Owners or Masters of Fishing Vessels with an Aneroid Baro- meter of a superior and reliable character, at a small cost, which must make this useful instrument a welcome addition to...
Category: Articles
The Tender Pendonna
Humber, Yorkshire. At 2.47 on the morning of the 1st of November, 1960, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that red flares had been seen near the Bull lightvessel. A strong east-south-easterly wind was blowing, and the sea...
The Dowsing Lightvessel
MEMBER OF LIGHTVESSEL'S CREW BROUGHT ASHORE Humber, Yorkshire. At 4.43 on the morning of the 20th May, 1963, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that the master of the Dowsing lightvessel had asked if the life-boat would...