LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Henry Blogg. The First Sea Lord's Tribute to the Life-Boat Service
IN December, 1945, the Institution sent to Cromer one of the first two of a new type of 46-feet Watson -cabin life-boat. In them, for the first time, the steering wheels were placed amidships instead of at the stern. This boat was sent to...
Category: Inaugurations
A Caterpillar Tractor for Launching Life-Boats. By Captain Howard F. J. Rowley, C.B.E., R.N., Chief Inspector of Life-Boats
THE great difficulty in the way of prompt Life-boat launches on flat beaches is the difficulty of the horses.
It is becoming increasingly hard to get the use of horses and the men to manage them, and they have frequently to...
Category: Articles
On a Visit to Hastings Earlier This Year Hm Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Patron of the Rnli for 43 Years Stops for a Word With Coxswain John 'Joe' Martin and Members of the Lifeboat Cre
On a visit to Hastings earlier this year HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Patron of the RNLI for 43 years, stops for a word with Coxswain John 'Joe' Martin and members of the lifeboat crew.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fishing Cobles
RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE. — Fourteen Whitby cobles being overtaken by a rough sea while fishing on the 13th Feb. 1900, were unable to return home and were seen to be making for Bunswick. The Life-boat Gape of Good Hope was launched at 1.30 P.M....
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the September and October Meetings of the Committee of Management
For which Rewards were given at the September and October Meetings of the Committee of Management.
Newbiggin, Northumberland. — At about 1.30 P.M. on the 5th June it was reported by the coastguard that a flag was being...
Category: Services
Life-Boat Services Round the Coasts
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 143 station life-boats 101 inshore rescue boats 1 70-foot steel life-boat on operational trials 1 44-foot steel life-boat on evaluation trials at Barry Dock LIVES RESCUED 90,321 from the Institution's foundation in...
Category: Services
County Associations (Continued from Page 12)
In continuation of the description of the Anglesea Life-boat stations, we have now to give an account of Rhoscolyn, Penmon, Llanddwyn, aud Moelfre. Before doing so, however, we have to correct a mistake as to the Holyhead boat, which, in...
Category: Articles
Wet But Home the Plymouth Lifeboat Crew on the Early Morning of February 16: (I to R) Ray Jago Ian Watson Cyril Alcock Keith Rimmer and Coxswain John Dar
Wet but home, the Plymouth lifeboat crew on the early morning of February 16: (I to r) Ray Jago, Ian Watson, Cyril Alcock, Keith Rimmer and Coxswain John Dare. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Western Morning News. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Services from Page 11
Lifeboat Services from page 11 copters available. At 2300 Fort Grange advised the lifeboat that there were enough ships in the area to continue the search and she should return to Brixham with the survivors she had on board. She arrived at...
Category: Services
Swamped in rough seas
3 June: In high winds and rough seas, a dismasted yacht drifted towards the dangerous cliffs and tidal race of St Alban’s Head, Dorset. The yacht had been swamped and her cockpit filled with water. Swanage’s...
Category: Articles