LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Development of the Lifeboat By Eric Middleton
THE EVER INCREASING SPEED of Scientific and technological advance over recent years has naturally made itself felt in the design, construction and equipment of lifeboats throughout the world. So rapid have these changes been in the second...
Category: Articles
The Bermuda-Rig Yacht Larry
Sennen Cove, Cornwall.—At 5.15 on the afternoon of the 18th of April, 1953,the Pendeen lighthouse-keeper rang up the life-boat coxswain to say that he had seen a yacht in distress off the Three Stone Oars Rocks, and at 5.30 the life-boat...
The Admiralty Survey Vessel Medusa
St. Ives, Cornwall. At 5.47 p.m. on 13th September, 1965, the coastguard reported that a skin diver was missing from the fishing boat Bonnie Lass, of St.
Ives. At 6.10 the life-boat Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child was...
The Angling Boat Lady Molly
STRAPPED ALONGSIDE Hastings, Sussex. At 7.10 p.m. on i6th April, 1965, the honorary secretary was informed by the Hastings and St.
Leonards Angling Club that distress flares had been fired from the angling boat Lady Molly...
The German Training Ship Ruhr
Poole, Dorset - At 12.50 p.m. on 6th December, 1969, the life-boat mechanic received a report from the coastguard that the German training ship Ruhr had asked for help in landing a seriously ill man. A rendezvous was arranged five miles...
The Ex-Fishing Boat Morag
Dungeness, Kent. At 2.14 on the morning of the 19th of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seentwo to three miles off Lade. At 2.35 the life-boat Mabel E. Holland was launched two hours after...
Gifts from Ship Owners
On 25th February, 1928, the Newburgh Lifeboat rescued' the crew, ten in number, of the steam trawler Isle of Wight, of Hull. Her owners, The Hull Steam Fishing and Ice Company, owning the Red Cross Fleet of trawlers, have become annual...
Category: Donations
The Life-Boat Is Seen In the Foreground Returning from the Wreck
The Life-Boat Is Seen In The Foreground Returning From The Wreck. - View image in PDF
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The New Brighton Service to the Progress and the Loch Ranza Castle
The New Brighton Service To The Progress and The Loch Ranza Castle. - View image in PDF
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The Cromer Life-Boat Near the Oil Rig Constellation In the North Sea
The Cromer Life-Boat Near The Oil Rig Constellation In The North Sea. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs