LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-Belts
No life-boat station can be considered complete without a set of life-belts for the boat's crew, and the several local committees should insist upon having them, and upon the belts being put on, before the men go afloat. The qualities...
Category: Articles
David Wells, Has Been Helmsman of Clacton-On-Sea's Atlantic 21 Lifeboat
David Wells, has been helmsman of Clacton-on-Sea's Atlantic 21 lifeboat and a crew member of the station's D class lifeboat since 1983. From 1972 he was a crew member of the station's allweather lifeboat which was replaced in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Island Excellence
The RNLI's fleet of inshore lifeboats do sterling service 365 days a year - but who is responsible for the creation of such trusted workhorses? The volunteers so rightly renowned for their skill and bravery in saving lives at sea rely...
Category: Articles
Insight
rescue Insight Here is just a handful of incidents from 2007 from around the UK and RoI to give an insight into the thousands of lifeboat rescues carried out each year. See pages 20–27 for rescues marked . 1 freeD frOm rOPeS aS water riSeS A...
Category: Articles
Classification of Services By Inshore Rescue Boats
CLASS Fishing boats - all types Motor vessels, motor boats, etc.
Sailing yachts, sailing dinghies, sailing boats, motor cruisers and motor yachts Aircraft Small boats, canoes, rubber dinghies, etc.
Landing...
Category: Services
Gay Star (1)
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire - At 9.37 p.m. on 9th April, 1967, news was received that the motor fishing vessel Gay Star had requested assistance eight miles north west of Strumbie head. Apparently her engine had failed. She carried a crew of...
(Left) Anthea Turner and Anthony Oliver, the RNLI's Deputy Head of Fundraising and Marketing, Are Pictured Ready for the Draw Outside the 'Blue Peter' Auction In
(Left) Anthea Turner and Anthony Oliver, the RNLI's deputy head of fundraising and marketing, are pictured ready for the draw outside the 'Blue Peter' auction in Ringwood with three young fans.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aluminium Tub
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - At 8.30 p.m. on 20th April, 1968, the Dun Laoghaire lighthouse keeper told the honorary secretary that a man who had set out for Holyheadin an aluminium tub was in difficulties one cable east of the east pier...
Barking for Brass
Cuchulainn the Irish Wolfhound and owner Julie Burden, are keen collectors on Peel branch flag day. When Julie, whose husband is a crew member of Peel lifeboat, invites members of the public to contribute no one ever refuses - Cuchulainn... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Talking With John Tyrrell FRINA
'We've been building boats here for 110 years now, and before that we were sailors and fishermen. Always in Arklow.
It was a very small town devoted, at that time, solely to seafaring. Nothing...
Category: Articles