LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A faster lifeboat for London
The next generation of E class lifeboat can now be seen on the Thames. Hurley Burly is the first of three new E class lifeboats to be shared by Tower and Chiswick Lifeboat Stations. Two more are due to join our fleet in...
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A Diorama Depicting the Launch of Arbroath Lifeboat Robert Lindsay In the Tremendous Storms of October 26 1953 Made By the Army Apprentices College Model Clu
A diorama, depicting the launch of Arbroath lifeboat Robert Lindsay in the tremendous storms of October 26, 1953, made by the Army Apprentices College Model Club, Arborfield, Reading, was entered by Berkshire branch in the national... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cover Picture
Mudeford's 17ft 6in twin-engined C class lifeboat leaps off a wave while on exercise. The photograph demonstrates why it is so important to befit to man this type of lifeboat. The age limit for crews of RNLI inflatables is 45. The... - View image in PDF
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Mr Mclachlan
G.L. Watson and Company were commissioned by the Institution to prepare the design of the Arun class lifeboat and the lines were the work of Mr J. Allen McLachlan of that firm. The tank tests of the model produced from these lines indicated... - View image in PDF
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Below Bottom PictureThe Fastest Lifeboat
Below, bottom picture.The fastest lifeboat at the conference was the Dutch rigid inflatable Johannes Frederic class. This 14.4m (47ft) rigid inflatable with an aluminium hull is capable of 36 knots, almost the fastest lifeboat at the... - View image in PDF
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Front Cover
Front Cover Lifeboat Port Isaac crew members put their station's new D class inflatable lifeboat. Spirit of the PCS RE II.
through her paces. See page five for further details.
Photograph © Neil... - View image in PDF
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(Left) Launching at New Quay In 1946
ILeftl Launching at New Quay in 1946 This 35ft Liverpool class lifeboat was built at a cost of £961 and named William Cantrell Ashley, one of five lifeboats to be provided out a legacy of Charles Can Ashley, of Mentone, in... - View image in PDF
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Spot the Difference
The above photograph shows Skerries Hfeboat crew member. Mart,n O'Toole wfth Storm Force hero, Stormy Stan at have been a bit of a role model for Stan, has been on the crew since the D class was stat,oned in Skerries in the early... - View image in PDF
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Newhaven, we have a problem
6 November: A former astronaut got into difficulties when his eco-friendly schooner experienced fuel contamination in choppy conditions. Newhaven’s all-weather Severn class lifeboat was on scene within half an...
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Two Dinghies (4)
Seven lifeboat stations involved in 21 hour search for missing anglersA complex service on 14 April 1991 involved all seven lifeboat stations from Dover to Newhaven, lasted 21 hours and involved searching of an area of 3,400 square miles for...