LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Raft
Arklow, Co. Wicklow.—At 5.55 on the evening of the 4th of August, 1953, the Civic Guard reported that three boys were adrift on a raft off Arklow beach, and that a man had swum to them, but had returned to the shore for help. At 6.7 the life...
A Parachute
JANUARY 26TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
At 1.15 P.M. the resident naval officer asked that the life-boat should be launched as a parachute had been seen in the sea two and a half miles to the north-east; the motor life-boat The Lord...
The 52Ft Barnett Relief Lifeboat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse While at Ramsey During a Passage from Holyhead to Arranmore Launched on the Morning of Janu
The 52ft Barnett relief lifeboat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse, while at Ramsey during a passage from Holyhead to Arranmore, launched on the morning of January 23 to take over from HMS Soberton the tow of Dutch, a converted ship's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Getting the Message
The equipment in everyday use aboard a lifeboat has developed to the point where it has evolved its own jargon, almost as arcane as the language of the sea itself. In this, the first of an occasional series on the technicalities of lifeboats...
Category: Articles
Lifeboats on Station Are Usually Solitary Craft
Lifeboats on station are usually solitary craft, but every now and again circumstances brings a group of them together. On the night of June 4 and 5, five lifeboats gathered in Brixham Harbour. Torbay's own Arun, Edward Bridges (Civil... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Word "National" In Our Title
AT first sight it might seem quite unnecessary to explain the meaning of a word which is so descriptive and so obvious in its application to the work of the Institution as the word " National." The operations of the Life-boat...
Category: Articles
Past Times
Man overboard The dangers of the sea were tragically demonstrated on 18 March 2006 when David Clear was washed off his yacht, Past Times, off St Aldhelm's Head near Swanage, Dorset. His inexperienced crew member made a Mayday call but...
Three Fishing Cobles
On the 3rd November, the Scarborough life-boat put off three times and brought safely into port three fishing cobles and their *crews, consisting of 9 men, during a strong N.N.W. wind and a heavy sea. The cobles were re- turning from their...
A Steamer
MONTROSE, FORFARSHIRE. The No.
'2 Life-boat, Marianne Atherstone, performed an excellent service on the 26th March, resulting in the saving of four lives. About 5 o'clock a steamer was seen approaching the harbour,...
A Schooner
OCTOBER 2 0TH. - CLOUGHEY, CO. DOWN. A schooner had appeared to be in difficulties in bad weather, but she was found to be anchored with her sails down and not in need of help. - Rewards, £10 19s..