LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tenby 46' 9" Watson Lifeboat Henry Comber Brown Launched on February 27 In Gale Force Winds and a Very Rough Sea to Bring a Man from Caldy Island for Compassi
Tenby 46' 9" Watson lifeboat Henry Comber Brown launched on February 27 in gale force winds and a very rough sea to bring a man from Caldy Island for compassionate reasons.
photograph by courtesy of R.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Notes of the Quarter
THE first number of THE LIFE-BOAT appeared in March, 1852. The first editorial began: 'If there be one subject more than another that might be expected to com- mand the attention and enlist the sympathy of a maritime country like Great...
Category: Articles
RNLI In Action
High and dry Tobermory's Elizabeth Fairtie Ramsey launched three times between 620am and 5pm on 10 March 2006 to a 16m fishing vessel run aground and listing heavily off Calve Island in Strathclyde (see above).
When the...
Category: Articles
The American Steamer U.S.O. and Cargo Steamer Andre' Thome' of La Rochelle
NOVEMBER 30TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 11.30 at night the Deal coastguard reported a vessel aground on the Goodwin Sands. A south-easterly wind was blowing and the sea was rough. The motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Friday, 7th July, 1916.
The Rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Read and confirmed the minutes oi the...
Category: Committee
Letters
Twin pedal power For Northfleet Carnival I built a lifeboat round my bicycle and here is a photograph of 'yours truly' at the helm (or should I say handlebars?) while pedalling along in the carnival on July 1. We had a collection...
Category: Correspondence
As Reported on Page 108, 46-Foot 9-Inch and 47- Watson Class Life-Boats Are Being Fitted With Two Self-inflatable Bags Which Will Bring Them Back to the Upright Position If They Should Capsize Once.
As reported on page 108, 46-foot 9-inch and 47-foot Watson class life-boats are being fitted with two selfinflatable bags which will bring them back to the upright position if they should capsize once. The pictures, beginning left with a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Your shout
You receive a letter from the RNLI, you open it and see ‘Invitation to attend a Special Visitor Day in Poole’. What should you do? Cancel, postpone or decline any other event on that same date! Why? So that you can experience a truly...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services
Crew member swims to stranded yachtWells' Mersey class lifeboat Doris M. Mann of Ampthill was called to the aid of a 28ft yacht which was stranded on Blakeney Point on 31 July 1993, rescuing the yacht the two adults and two children on...
Category: Services
The Admiralty L.C.T.711 and Her Consort, L.C.T.723
DECEMBER 22ND. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At 4.55 in the afternoon the Portland Bill coastguard telephoned that a red distress signal had been seen a mile north of the Shambles Light-vessel. A strong southsouth- west wind was...