LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two Relief One Station the Naming of Three Lifeboats In September I980
Relief Waveney LIFEBOATS OF THE RELIEF FLEET are vitally important and can be busier than station lifeboats, but as they have no permanent station their naming ceremonies can take place inland. In 1966 the RNLI's first 70ft lifeboat,...
Category: Inaugurations
Sarah
In a strong N.N.E. wind with snow squalls on the 18th March, signals of distress were seen from a vessel in the Bay. The Life-boat Barbara, Fleming was launched with all speed and pro- ceeded to the vessel, which proved to be the ketch Sarah...
A Dinghy and Lady Loren
Weymouth, Dorset - At 11.5 p.m.
on 27th August, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a dinghy with five children on board was overdue. The life-boat Frank Spiller Locke slipped her moorings at 11.20 in...
A Radio Controlled Life-Boat
During the 'open day' arranged by the Port of Liverpool branch in aid of the R.N.L.I., an interesting demonstration was given in which a model life-boat aided a model trawler on the boating lake at Hoylake.
The...
Category: Articles
A Ballon
7th August. A balloon engaged on film work made a descent into the sea, but as a motor boat was in attendance, the life-boat was not required.—Rewards, £3 16s..
A Ship
Clogher Head, Co. Louth — 26th October, 1937. A ship had been reported in distress, but only a steamer which had been signalling for a pilot was found.—Rewards, £19 18s. 6d..
Southampton Boat Show September 13 to 18 Got Away to a Good Start on the First Day With the Presentation By Shaw Taylor to Sir Alec Rose of Three Cheques: £500 From
Southampton Boat Show, September 13 to 18, got away to a good start on the first day with the presentation by Shaw Taylor to Sir Alec Rose of three cheques: £500 from Cobramold Ltd, to mark the building of the 2,000th Leisure class... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Your shout
I was interested to read your article ‘Wind power in Shetland’. At a time when wind power, in the form of a proposed 150-turbine wind farm in Shetland, is the subject of much debate, I believe that smaller units to make individual operations...
Category: Articles
A Glance at the War Services of the Life-Boats
As this issue of the JOURNAL probably comes before many of the head teachers of National Schools throughout the j United Kingdom for the first time, j and in view of their widespread co- j operation in the Prize Essay Competition, it seems...
Category: Services
524 and The S.S. Capito (1)
OCTOBER 11TH. - APPLEDORE, CLOVELLY, AND ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. At 3.50 in the afternoon the naval officer-incharge at Appledore asked the life-boat to be in readiness to launch. A south-west gale was blowing, with a very rough sea, and...