LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Sudden Foundering of Ships of War, and How to Save Their Crews
WE have been so accustomed to look on our Ships of War as " the safest things afloat" that our whole attention has been hitherto turned to measures for increasing the safety of our merchant vessels, and to providing the most...
Category: Articles
Eastney's Two Ilbs on Exercise: Atlantic 21 Guide Friendship II (l) Crewed By (I to R) Helmsman William Hawkins Dennis Faro and Kenneth George With Operational Swim
Eastney's two ILBs on exercise: Atlantic 21 Guide Friendship II (/.) crewed by (I. to r.) Helmsman William Hawkins, Dennis Faro and Kenneth George with Operational Swimmer Colin Beeston, and D Class ILB crewed by Stephen Alexander and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rescue from Coaster After Nine Hour-Passage
AT 4.15 on the afternoon of the 7th of December, 1959, the honorary secre- tary of the Cromarty life-boat station, Mr. James Cameron, learnt from the coastguard that the coaster Servus of Leith needed help nine and a half miles south-by-east...
Category: Services
Arun Is a Prototype 52-Foot Fully Self-Righting Life-Boat Built to Satisfy the Need for a Faster Design the Second Prototype Will Have Reduced Free-Board Amidships
Arun is a prototype 52-foot fully self-righting life-boat, built to satisfy the need for a faster design. The second prototype will have reduced free-board amidships.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Inshore Lifeboat Services June July and August 1975
Aberdovey, Gwynedd June 9, 10, 19, 22, 26, July 3, 6, 7, 10, 13 (twice), 21, 27, 28, August 9, 10, 12 (twice), 13, 17, 20 (twice), 26, 28 and 30.
Abersoch, Gwynedd June 10, 26, July 1,10,12 (twice), 14,15,18, 21, 27, August...
Category: Services
London International Boat Show
EVERY YEAR at the London International Boat Show, the RNLI is given a flying start by the organisers of the exhibition, National Boat Shows Ltd, when they donate the space for the RNLI stand free of charge. This year's stand area would...
Category: Articles
Mountbatten of Burma Is Hauled Over By Crane for Her Capsize and Righting Trial; She Has Already Been Hauled Over More Than 100 Degrees and Is Still Stable the Port Tube of Her Sponson Supporti
Mountbatten of Burma is hauled over by crane for her capsize and righting trial; she has already been hauled over more than 100 degrees and is still stable, the port tube of her sponson supporting the weight of the whole boat. -The roll bar... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Blue Peter Scrapbook
Words: Philly Byrde
Research: Hayley Whiting
Photos: Nicholas Leach, RNLI Archive,
RNLI/(Chris Cousens, Fishguard)
Fifty years ago, the very first Blue Peter lifeboats went to their new...
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Lifeboat Services
POUNDING SEAS BREAK FISHING VESSEL IN HALF Three saved as lifeboat crew battle storm force winds and heavy seas George Duffy, second coxswain/mechanic and Ian Sheridan, deputy second coxswain/assistant mechanic of Howth's Arun class...
Category: Services
Lifeboat Services
Whitby Scarborough East Division TWO LIFEBOATS STAND BY IN SEVERE CONDITIONS Lifeboatman overboard during long service to stricken coaster Members of the Scarborough lifeboat crew hauled their own Second Coxswain, John Trotter, to safety...
Category: Services