LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Changes In the Institution's Life-Boat Fleet Since 1897
ANY changes in the composition of the fleet of Life-boats under the management of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION must always be a subject of considerable interest to those whose business it is to study the question of the best type...
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Barbara of Hopeman
On the llth March the sloop Barbara, of Hopeman, sprang a leak, and split her fore-staysail, in a heavy gale from the north. She accord- ingly ran for the sands to the eastward of Lossiemouth, when the life-boat of the In- stitution...
Statement of the Several Life-Boats Belonging to Or In Connection With the National Life-Boat Institution
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Statement of the Several Life-Boats Belonging to Or In Connection With the National Life-Boat Institution
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Statement of the Several Life-Boats Belonging to Or In Connection With the National Life-Boat Institution
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Production Prototype of the Rnli's Proposed Fast Carriage-Launched Lifeboat
Pictured here, the production prototype of the RNLI's proposed fast carriage-launched lifeboat is currently undergoing extensive technical and operational trials, as part of its continuing evaluation. It is anticipated that the trials... - View image in PDF
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Esso Ottawa, of Liverpool
DECEMBER 18TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 3.50 in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that the motor vessel Esso Ottawa, of Liverpool, was drifting towards the Newcombe Sands. She was a tanker of 900 tons and had a crew...
Jenny, of Whitby
On the night of the 30th November the same life-boat put off, during stormy weather, and brought safely ashore the crew of 6 men from the brig Jenny, of Whitby, which had struck on the rocks between Souter Point and Whitburn Steel, and soon...
Diana, of Eroskjobing
Again, on the 31st January, one of the most gallant of the many gallant Life- boat services that are from time to time recorded took place in the neighbourhood of Montrose. For two days previously a strong gale had blown from the south- east...
Alnair, of Monrovia
Penlee, Cornwall - At 7 p.m. on 5th July, 1966, news was received that there was a sick man on board the Liberian tanker Alnair of Monrovia, which was some distance out. The life-boat Solomon Browne was launched at 4.25 a.m. on 6th July in a...