LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Nonsuch, a Replica of a Hudson Bay Company Trading Vessel
At 10.14 a.m. on 10th November, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Nonsuch, a 65-ton replica of a 17th-century Hudson Bay Company trading vessel, with a crew of seven, was in difficulties in heavy seas south west...
The Travelling Festival
BESIDES the exhibition on the South Bank of the Thames there were two travelling exhibitions. One by sea and the other by land. The exhibition by sea was mounted in the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Campania, which sailed from Southampton early in...
Category: Articles
"Launch!" An Appreciation of General Seely's Book
I AM sure that readers who are not attracted by a tale of perils at sea in open boats will find much to surprise and hearten them in General Seely's " Launch ! " It is an animating book, for it has implications which involve...
Category: Articles
The New Lymington, Hampshire, Irb Which Was Presented By the Abbey Life Assurance Co. Ltd. to the R.N.L.I.
The new Lymington, Hampshire, IRB which was presented by the Abbey Life Assurance Co. Ltd. to the R.N.L.I.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Three Anglers Are Brought Ashore By Penarth's D Class Inflatable
The three anglers are brought ashore by Penarth's D class inflatable. - View image in PDF
(Photo courtesy South Wales Echo). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lives on the line
A new pilot scheme created by the RNLI aims to keep sea anglers safe while they enjoy their sport.
Last year 11 sea anglers tragically lost their lives while fishing in the UK, and the RNLI responded to over 1,200...
Category: Articles
The Pyrene Company Ltd
Just as ships in distress know they can depend on the men of Britain's life-boats, so in the emergency of fire the R.N.L.I, crews themselves know they can depend upon the sure and unfailing protection of the "Pyrene" Fire...
Category: Advertisement
Some Ways of Raising Money
Poole guild, formed twelve years ago with ten members, now has a membership of 700 and since 1969 it has raised 63,000; the total last year exceeded 15,000. Members of the guild man both a lifeboat caravan on Poole Quay, which took...
Category: Donations
(11)—Second Coxswain Dennis Finch. Became Second Coxswain When Frank Bloom Took Over As Coxswain In 1964. Worked As a Boat Builder at Halls Boat Yard, Walton, Until Recently. Now Tak
(11)—Second coxswain Dennis Finch.
Became second coxswain when Frank Bloom took over as coxswain in 1964.
Worked as a boat builder at Halls Boat Yard, Walton, until recently. Now takes out fishing parties.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs