LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Observer
•1824-1974 See how 98,500 lives have been saved by men like these This is just one of the remarkable photographs included inTheObserver Lifeboat Exhibition.
They are the work of Observer photographer, Chris Smith.who spent...
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The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...
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Prototype of the Experimental Rnli Medina 35 Lifeboat
IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, the RNLI has been exploring the possibilities of introducing intermediate lifeboats into its fleet: fast boats of about 35 feet in length, essentially simple but with outstanding seakeeping qualities, which would...
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Clem James of Staithes and Runswick One of Those at "The Sharp End"
Clem James of Staithes and Runswick One of Those at "The Sharp End". - View image in PDF
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Some Unpublished Letters of Sir William Hillary, Bt
His Efforts to Interest the Admiralty in his Scheme for a Life-boat Service.
By Major Evan W. H. Fyers, Member of the Major Fyers, to whose researches we owe the discovery of these very interesting letters of Sir William...
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The American Steamer George Vickers, of Baltimore
MARCH 26TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE.
At 2.45 in the morning the coastguard reported that the American steamer George Vickers, of Baltimore, was asking for a boat to land two of her crew, who were seriously ill. As no...
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the September and October Meetings of the Committee of Management
September Meeting.
Torbay, Devon.—At about 6 P.M. on the 12th June, 1939, a sailing dinghy capsized in Fishcombe Bay. The weather was fine with a N.W. breeze and an almost smooth sea. The crew of three were seen clinging to...
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The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...
Category: Articles
Adventures of An Emmett
A few days before Jon Jones went on his West Country tour of lifeboat stations with the Dl, Sue Denny, RNLI Press and Public Information Manager was in the same area looking at stations through the eyes of a tourist… rset off bright and...
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The S.S. Cogent
A very thick fog having lifted somewhat about 10 o'clock in the morning of the 20th May, a steamer was sighted aground about half way to the outer part of the rocks off the pier. The No. 1 Life-boat, Robert and Mary Ellis, im- mediately...