LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (178)
NOVEMBER 16TH. - RUNSWICK, SCARBOROUGH, AND WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
A British bomber aeroplane had been reported down some miles out at sea, and later it was reported that another bomber was down, but nothing was found by the...
Where the Money Goes... New Production Trent and Severn Class Lifeboats Are Now Entering Service, Each Costing More Than £1M
Where the money goes... New production Trent and Severn class lifeboats are now entering service, each costing more than £1m . With speeds of up to 25 knots they are reducing the response times wherever they are stationed. The prototype... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Spanish Liquid Gas Carrier Butaseis
Liquid gas carrier fire A SPANISH LIQUID gas carrier Butaseis, lying at anchor three quarters of a mile off Brixham breakwater with a fire in her crew's quarters, was reported to the honorary secretary of Torbay lifeboat station at 0749...
At Porthcawl Talking With Lt John Unwin Divisional Inspector of Lifeboats (West) and Members of the Ilb Crew
at Porthcawl, talking with Lt John Unwin, divisional inspector of lifeboats (West) and members of the ILB crew.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Feature: the Survival Centre
A crew member urges the Severn class Lifeboat towards her destination, a burning tanker apparently on the horizon. Just metres away, the crew of an Atlantic 75 lifeboat works hard to right their capsized vessel It sounds like a scene...
Category: Articles
Rayella
MFV on lee shore THE LAUNCHING AUTHORITY Of Whitby lifeboat station was informed by Tees Coastguard at 0725 on Thursday April 8, 1982, that the coaster Nesam had observed the 60ft fishing vessel Rayella broken down in an onshore gale three...
Notes of the Quarter By the Editor
THE STORY OF 'The Year of the Lifeboat', 1974, was one of a triumph of faith: faith in a service of 150 years' standing and of the voluntary principle which is its essence, faith in the capacity of the voluntary workers of the...
Category: Articles
Another of the Lifeboatmen's Best Friends! Littlecreeks Jack Dempsey; a Newfoundland
Another of the lifeboatmen's best friends! Littlecreeks Jack Dempsey; a Newfoundland dog well known in the canine world, who has retired from show life. Now, his owner Richard Farrington of Hoe, near Battle, a keen Shoreline member,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Sponsored Fin (Swimming With Flippers) By Castlereagh Sub-Aqua Club
A sponsored fin (swimming with flippers) by Castlereagh Sub-Aqua club produced £500 for Bangor branch.
John Houston, a member of the club, presented the cheque to Roger Killiner of Bangor lifeboat crew. A further £... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Football Clubs By Foot
Football clubs by foot John Pope, committee member of the Rushden branch, completed a sponsored walk in August, raising £411 for lifeboat coffers.
He walked 26 miles from Peterborough United football club to Rushden... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs