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Thames Lifeboat Stations, Teddington

Date: Winter 2005

Volume: 60

Issue: 571

Unlike the other Thames lifeboat stations, Teddington is crewed entirely by volunteers on a pager system and uses two D class lifeboats rather than E class.

Lifeboat Operations Manager Malcolm Miatt says: 'We get a lot... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

ElectroMotion

Date: Winter 2005

Volume: 60

Issue: 571

An ElectroMotion mobility vehicle is proven to make life better L That's the conclusive result of our recent survey of 1,000 users, who were asked for their views on how their vehicles had affected and changed their lives. , Said using...

Category: Advertisement

A Tanker

Date: 1941

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1941

DECEMBER 19TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. A tanker had been attacked by German aeroplanes and set on fire, and the life-boat and naval motor boats went as near to her as possible, but saw no sign of anyone on board. - Rewards,...

Barrus

Date: Summer 1999

Volume: 57

Issue: 549

Together we build a better engine Lifeboats Roval National Lifeboat Institution Royal Has been relying on Mariner Outboard Engines from E. P. Barms Ltd for over 20 years.

These engines have been specially modified to the...

Category: Articles

Front Cover

Date: Summer 2000

Volume: 57

Issue: 553

Front Cover Newhaven's new Severn class lifeboat, David and Elizabeth Adand, is put through her paces with the magnificent chalky cliffs and lighthouse of Beachy Head as a backdrop.

Photograph © Rick Tomlinson.<... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

A Rubber Boat (1)

Date: 1940

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1940

JUNE 8TH. - MARGATE, KENT. A rubber boat, with one person on board, had been seen four miles to the north of Foreness, but nothing was found except an empty case and some small pieces of wreckage. - Rewards, £4 19s..

A Flying Boat

Date: 1940

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1940

OCTOBER 7TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET A parachute from an aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, and a British flying boat had been attacked by German aeroplanes, but in neither case could any thing be found. - Rewards, £14..

A Swordfish Aeroplane

Date: 1942

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1942

DECEMBER 27TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.

A Swordfish aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £20 19s.

(See Millom, “Services by Auxiliary Rescueboats,” page 72.).<...

A Fishing Boat (10)

Date: 1946

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1946

MAY 28TH. - AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND.

A vessel had been reported on fire, but was found to be a fishing boat on which the crew had lighted a brazier and this had blazed up. - Rewards, £10..

Wetterfrosch im Glas (Weatherfrog in a glass), 1887.

Date: Spring 2016

Volume: 61

Issue: 615 Lifeboat Magazine Spring 2016

 Before forecasting was an established science, many mariners relied on the behaviour of a certain tree frog to predict storms. Needless to say, it wasn’t terribly reliable and, even today, Germans use wetterfrosch colloquially to refer... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs