LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Moss Bay
Barrow, Lancashire; and Workington, Cumberland.—At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 18th of April, 1953, the YValney Island coastguard rang up the Barrow life-boat station to say that the steam hopper Moss Bay, of Workington, bound...
On the Very Hot Sunny Day of June 6 Mrs Irene Carrington Wife of the President of the St.Ives Huntingdonshire Rotary Club Named the New D Class Ilb for Wells Station
On the very hot, sunny day of June 6, Mrs Irene Carrington, wife of the president of the St Ives, Huntingdonshire, Rotary Club, named the new D class ILB for Wells station Spirit of Rotary, pouring champagne over her bows. The St Ives branch... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Launch St. Patrick and The Dredger Teardach
LIFE-BOAT OUT FOR 17 HOURS Galway Bay, Co. Galway. At 11.10 on the evening of Thursday the 29th of August, 1963, the honorary secretary received a telephone message from the harbour master at Galway that the 35-foot launch St. Patrick of...
Right: Cullercoats' Atlantic 21 Lifeboat Edmund and Joan
Right: Cullercoats' Atlantic 21 lifeboat Edmund and Joan White being put through her paces.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Campbeltown's Severn Class Lifeboat Ernest and Mary Shaw
Campbeltown's Severn class lifeboat Ernest and Mary Shaw, deputy second coxswain David Cox; crew member Stephen Scatly. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Offshore Lifeboat Services March April and May 1976
Aberdeen, Grampian March 12.
Aith, Highland May 11.
Angle, Dyfed March 31 and April 11.
Anstruther, Tayside May 8.
Arklow, Co. Wicklow April...
Category: Services
Clare S, Northern Star, Fair Ladies and Press On
Caught out ON THE MORNING of Thursday January 31 a fleet of fishing boats sailed from Hartlepool in comparatively good weather which, however, deteriorated fast. Within an hour, a near gale, force 7, had blown up from the east north east...
Linda Anne
EXHAUSTED MEN RESCUED FROM FISHING BOAT Cullercoats, Northumberland. At 8.12 on the evening of the 23rd June, 1963, the Tynemouth coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a resident at Whitley Bay had reported red flares about three...
Electronic Eyes and Ears Reviewed by Cdr Ken Wollan
Further developments in the Communications and Navigational Aids of a Modern Lifeboat By Cdr KEN WOLLAN QBE RN Staff Officer (Communications) RNLI MY PREDECESSOR, Lieutenant Ernest Gough, wrote an excellent article which appeared in the...
Category: Articles
Naming Ceremonies of Motor Life-Boats In 1939
ENGLAND.
ELEVEN naming ceremonies of motor life-boats were held during 1939, seven in England, three in Scotland and one in Wales. Three other ceremonies, one in England, and two in Ireland, were cancelled owing to the...
Category: Inaugurations