LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The First of the Rnli's Mersey Class Lifeboats
The first of the RNLI's Mersey class lifeboats officially to be named makes her way across the beach at Bridlington with the official guests aboard following the naming ceremony performed by the President of the Ladies Lifeboat Guild... - View image in PDF
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The Inaugural Ceremony of the Montrose Motor Life-Boat
Left to right:—Mr. George F. Shee (Secretary of the Institution), the Duke of York, the Duchess of York, Provost W. Douglas Johnston (Chairman of the Branch), the Hon. George Colville (Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Management). The... - View image in PDF
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The St. Augustine, of Helvick
MARCH 31ST. - HELVICK HEAD, CO.
WATERFORD. A fishing boat, which had been under repair at Dungarvan, left about 7.30 in the evening, with two men on board, to return to Helvick. As she was passing out of Dungarvan harbour...
The Duchess of Kent Names the Padstow Life-Boat
THE DUCHESS OF KENT NAMES THE PADSTOW LIFE-BOAT On the left, Commander T. G. Michelmore, T.D., R.N.R., chief inspector of life-boats; behind the Duchess, Colonel A. D. Burnett Brown, M.C., T.D., M.A., Secretary of the Institution (See page... - View image in PDF
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By the Time the Fast Afloat Boat 4 Prototype
Developing new lifeboats to meet the needs of the 1990s and into the next century is an expensive business. By the time the Fast Afloat Boat 4 prototype pictured here enters service it is estimated that production boats will cost some... - View image in PDF
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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...