LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Boiled Crabs (Left) Sold By Four Young Helpers Katie Douglas Alasdair Mcdougle Gary Hall and Anne Douglas Was Just One Attraction at Seahouses Harbour Fete Last
Boiled crabs (left), sold by four young helpers, Katie Douglas, Alasdair McDougle, Gary Hall and Anne Douglas, was just one attraction at Seahouses harbour fete last August Bank Holiday when £3,822 was raised for the RNLI. Mrs L. F. L.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Whelk Boats
The whelk boats belonging to Sheringham left for the fishing grounds at about 6 o'clock in the morning on the 8th April. The weather was then fine, with a moderate wind and a moderately smooth sea.
About 8 o'clock...
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...
The Life-Boat
(See Diagrams on next page.) 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...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Gardepee
— On the 27th October the s.s. Gardepee, bound from Middlesborough to Nantes with a cargo of iron rails, stranded on the Holm Sands. As the Life-boatmen thought they would be able to save the vessel they obtained permission to launch the...
Launching and Recovery PART II: BEACH LAUNCH by Edward Wake-Walker RNLI Assistant Public Relations Officer (London)
ON A CLEAR DAY at Walmer the unaccustomed visitor can be forgiven for doubting his own knowledge of geography when he sees the bold outline of France, seemingly only a pebble's throw across the curving surface of the English Channel....
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A Thrilling Rescue Among the Rocks
ON Saturday, 19th November last, the St. Helier life-boat took part in another midnight rescue two months after that which earned Coxswain Thomas King a Gold Medal and his crew bronze medals, last September 14th. This time the station...
Category: Services
The S.S. Mayflower
APRIL 22ND. - HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE.
At 5.30 A.M. the coastguard reported that the S.S. Mayflower, of Liverpool, loaded with stone, on passage from Penmaenmawr, North Wales, to Liverpool, had gone aground on East Hoyle Bank at...
The S.S. Tordensk Jold, of Bergen
MARCH 15TH. - MONTROSE, ANGUS.
During the morning the S.S. Tordensk Jold, of Bergen, was seen to be in difficulties, and to anchor in a dangerous position, two miles north of Scurdyness. At noon the No. 1 motor life-boat...
Meet the Fleet
Have you lost track of what boats are in the RNLI fleet? Do you get your B class confused with your D class? You are not alone With the RNLI at the forefront of technical innovation in boat design, lifeboats are constantly evolving. In 2002...
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