LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Although Wells on the Norfolk Coast Was the Last RNLI Station to Use Horses for Launching—That Was In 1934— Horses Are Still Used In Some Parts of the Netherlands
Although Wells, on the Norfolk coast, was the last R.N.L.I, station to use horses for launching—that was in 1934— horses are still used in some parts of the Netherlands. Here the Ameland life-boat, because of difficult coastal conditions,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Prawn Boat Capella
JANUARY 19TH. - FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.
At 10.10 A.M. information was given by an incoming trawler that the mast and sail of a vessel could be seen above water about a mile west of Wyre Lighthouse. A southerly wind was...
The Induna, of Egremont and The Yachts, The Puffin, Sheila, and Pastime
JUNE 10TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, AND HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE. About 12.30 in the afternoon the honorary secretary of the Hoylake life-boat station noticed a yacht sailing on an easterly course towards the Rock Channel, but running into shallow water and...
The Induna, of Egremont and The Yachts, The Puffin, Sheila, and Pastime (1)
JUNE 10TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, AND HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE. About 12.30 in the afternoon the honorary secretary of the Hoylake life-boat station noticed a yacht sailing on an easterly course towards the Rock Channel, but running into shallow water and...
The Unseaworthy Ships' Commission
THE Royal Commission appointed at the instance of Mr. Plimsoll " to inquire into the alleged unseaworthiness of British registered ships," has issued a " pre- liminary" report. The report is signed by all the...
Category: Articles
Thanks from the RAF
When an R.A.F. Gnat trainer crashed into the sea—the two pilots ejected from the aircraft before it crashed—on 8th June, 1968, the Holyhead life-boat St. Cybi (Civil Service No. 9) was quick off the mark. Group Captain W....
Category: Correspondence
The Maggie Jane
Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 1.1 early on the morning of the 1st of November, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat was burning red flares about half-a-mile south-south-west of Lowestoft...
Charity from the Workless
THE sum of £250,000 which the Institution needs each year to maintain the life-boat service works out at five farthings per head of the population of the British Isles. In a number of its appeals the Institution has been asking for this...
Category: Donations
The Motor Fleet
THE review of the Institution's Motor Fleet, which it is usual to make at this time of the year, reveals the fact that we are feeling our way slowly, but surely, in the use of Life-boats installed with motor power. Ten years ago there...
Category: Articles
The English Fisheries
As it is to fishermen that we must look in most cases to man our life-boats in time of need, it seems desirable to place on record in the pages of this Journal, the number of fishing-boats at each station around the coasts of England, and...
Category: Articles