LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Inshore Lifeboat Services June July and August 1976
Aberdovey, Gwynedd June 3, 26, 27, July 10, 11, 17, August 3, 10 (twice), 16, 17, 20, 27 and 29.
Abersoch, Gwynedd June 1,13, 30, July 21,28, August 19 (twice), 20, 27 (twice) and 28.
Aberystwth, Dyfed...
Category: Services
Ceremonies
Thurso- Arun class The Queen Mother On Wednesday 9 August Thurso's new Arun class lifeboat The Queen Mother was overshadowed by the presence at Scrabster Harbour of her namesake, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, who had so...
Category: Inaugurations
The French Collier Capitaine Augustin
MARCH 17TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 2.58 P.M. a message was received from the Margate coastguard that a vessel was sinking, after an explosion, about two miles S.E. of the Tongue Light-vessel. A moderate southerly breeze was blowing. The sea was...
(Left) the Lifeboat the First Fibre Reinforced Composite Boat to Enter Rnli Service Alongside the Depot Quay for the Ceremony
(left) The lifeboat, the first fibre reinforced composite boat to enter RNLI service, alongside the depot quay for the ceremony. - View image in PDF
(photos courtesy Jeff Morris). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fig 2: After End Jacked Up So That Holes Can Be Drilled Through Deadwood for Keel Bolts the Longest Bolt Being 3Ft 6In
Fig. 2: After end jacked up so that holes can be drilled through deadwood for keel bolts, the longest bolt being 3ft 6in.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
After Deck Stowage for Drogue and at Stern (Port) Drogue Fairlead Rectangular Bronze Emergency Tiller Housing Is Mounted on Steering Gear Box
After deck stowage for drogue and, at stern (port), drogue fairlead. Rectangular bronze emergency tiller housing is mounted on steering gear box.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Galway Bay. At 1.40 on the afternoon of the 29th September, 1961, the local doctor asked for the life-boat to take him to Inishmaan to attend a very sick child. The life-boat Peter and Sarah Blake, on temporary duty at the station, left her...
The Late Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P.
WE much regret to have again to record the death of another tried friend and valuable supporter of, the Shipwreck Institution, in the person of Mr. Alderman THOMPSON, M.P., its late esteemed Chairman. Although he had occupied that office...
Category: Obituaries
Lecture on Life-Boats
I.—Preliminary Remarks, IN a country bounded on all sides by the sea, whose earliest associations are connected with it, through the medium of which it has derived its civilization, its wealth, its grand political status, and probably to a...
Category: Articles
The Hull and Deck Assembly of the Prototype Fab 4 Is Hoisted Into William Osborne's Yard at Littlehampton for Fitting Out
The hull and deck assembly of the prototype FAB 4 is hoisted into William Osborne's yard at Littlehampton for fitting out.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs