LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat
The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat is...
Category: Articles
Slaughden, a Mile and Half South of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, Was Once a Busy Port. In the Late 1950S, When This Photograph Was Taken, the Longshoremen There Were Advertising Their Various Skills By
Slaughden, a mile and half south of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, was once a busy port. In the late 1950s, when this photograph was taken, the longshoremen there were advertising their various skills by means of painted signs.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Portrait on the Cover
The portait on the cover is of Cox- swain John Murt of Padstow. He was appointed coxswain of the Padstow no. 1 life-boat in 1944 and two years later was awarded the Institution's silver medal for gallantry for a service to the s.s. Kedah...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Year's Work (3)
Vessels and boats which life-boats saved or helped to save from destruction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 74
Vessels or boats which life-boats stood by, escorted to safety, or helped - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...
Category: Annual Reports
In Pursuit of a Yacht
A STRONG south-westerly gale was blowing on the Sussex coast on the morning of Sunday, the 8th of August. The sea was very rough and there was a heavy swell.
Just after half past eight the coastguard at Shoreham Harbour saw...
Category: Services
The S.S. Moorlands
ASHORE IN DENSE FOG Holy Island, Northumberland.—-At 9.22 in the morning of the 31st of May, 1947, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was sounding her siren, and the motor life-boat Gertrude was launched at 9.43 in a light northerly...
Gale Service In the Pentland Firth
AT 11.40 on the night of the 6th of December, 1959, the honorary secre- tary of the Longhope, Orkneys, life- boat station, Dr. S. Peace, was told by the Kirkwall coastguard that the trawler George Robb was ashore on the Stacks of...
Category: Services
Foreign Life-Boat Services. Rescues from British Vessels In 1935, and Numbers of the Fleets
Rescues from British Vessels in 1935, and Numbers of the Fleets.
DURING 1935 foreign life-boats went to the help of 22 British vessels. One of these services was by Belgium, 1 by Germany, 1 by Iceland, 3 by France, 3 by...
Category: Services
Pride of the Ocean
ST. ANDREW'S.—The fishing boat Pride of the Ocean, belonging to St. Andrew's, and returning from fishing at Shetland, was seen making for the harbour, at about 5 A.M., on the 9th April, during a strong N.E. wind, and a very rough sea...
Twenty-Four Spanish Sailors Rescued. A Service By Ilfracombe, Appledore and Clovelly
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 154 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to May 31st, 1950 - 76,899 Twenty-Four Spanish Sailors Rescued A Service by Ilfracombe,...
Category: Services