LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Belt Used By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution.
The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life-belt- are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy (maximum 28 Iba, minimum 25 Ibs.) to support a mtm heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support...
Category: Articles
From the Blind
THE Institution has received a gift of £4 from the chapel collections at the St. Dunstan's Training Centre at Ovingdean, Sussex. This is the train- ing centre for both men and women who have been blinded on war service..
Category: Donations
The Silvia Onorato (1)
The Silvia Onorato at High Tide; Broken In Two. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Quick on the Draws
Mr Charles Hunter-Pease, sales and marketing director of Volvo Concessionaires helps the Mayor of Torbay, Councillor Mrs Eileen Salloway draw the winning ticket for the South West Region at the Regional Conference on 10 October... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Sand Boat Wisbech
Broughty Ferry, Angus.—About 10.15 on the night of the 4th of February, 1957, a telephone message was received from the harbour master at Dundee that a resident in Invergourie had reported a vessel burning flares oppo- site Balmarino above...
SINKING IN THE DARK
When Angle crew members were jolted awake by the beeping of pagers at 2am, they faced a race against time to rescue the crew of a sinking fishing boat.
Waking to a direct page from the Coastguard on that chilly morning on...
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Picturing the Scene
Photographs are very much part and parcel of THE LIFEBOAT of today - but in Victorian times matters were very different. Barry Cox, the RNLFs Honorary Librarian, on loan from the National Westminster Bank, looks back at the very early...
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Dinghy the Island of Craigleith (Locally Known As 'The Craig') Can Be Seen In the Background Having Checked That All Is Well With the Dinghy for the Good-Natured (And Very
dinghy. The island of Craigleith (locally known as 'The Craig') can be seen in the background. Having checked that all is well with the dinghy for the good-natured (and very wet) Ted Hill to resume his sailing, Blue Peter III returns... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Motor Drifter Linnet
Barrow, Lancashire.—In the evening of the 12th December, 1938, the coastguard at Walney Island reported that a vessel appeared to be ashore about one and a half miles N.W. of Walney lighthouse. She was burning flares.
A...