LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
On Instruction from the Coxswain and Second Coxswain
On instruction from the coxswain and second coxswain, the crew of Southsea lifeboat launch by pulling on the haul-off warp. This was a rope which was attached to an anchor offshore, allowing the lifeboat to be hauled out through the surf... - View image in PDF
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Inshore Lifeboat Services September October and November 1978
Aberdovey, Gwynedd Septembers, November 12 and 30 Abersoch, Gwynedd September 16 and 17 Aberystwyth, Dyfed October 13 Aldeburgh, Suffolk September 23 Atlantic College, South Glamorgan September 2. 3 and October 15 Barmouth, Gwynedd September...
Category: Services
And In Electronic Equipment (Below Right) With Mechanic Cyril Alcock
and in electronic equipment (below, right), with Mechanic Cyril Alcock.. - View image in PDF
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The Motor Fishing Vessels Ros Beara and Saint Martin
ON SERVICE FOR THIRTEEN HOURS At 5.18 a.m. on the 26th June, 1965, the honorary secretary was told by the coastguard that the motor fishing vessel Ros Beara was asking for immediate assistance as something had fouled her propeller and she...
The Keel Boats Endeavour, Queen Venture and Lead Us
Whitby, Yorkshire. At 12.45 P-m- on 29th November, 1965, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that there were three keel boats still at sea in conditions that were exceptionally bad and getting worse. The life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth...
The New Boathouse and Slip at St.Ives, Cornwall
The new boathouse and slip at St Ives, Cornwall. - View image in PDF
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Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Rum:
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum: forty-five sub-aqua diving pirates from Swindon took the plunge in style. They swam three and a half miles along the Thames, raising over £450 for the Institution.
The divers kept their... - View image in PDF
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Chichester Branch and the Hayling Island Lifeboat Crew
Runs aground: not quite Lords but an equally demanding wicket. Due to obvious tidal reasons the sponsored cricket match between Chichester branch and the Hayling Island lifeboat crew and supporters had to be limited to 20 overs per innings.... - View image in PDF
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Before and After - the St.Davids' Tyne Class Lifeboat Garside
Before, and after - the St Davids' Tyne class lifeboat Garside makes a splash after being named by HRH The Duke of Kent on 2 June 1989. - View image in PDF
(Photo courtesy Martin Cavaney Photography). - View image in PDF
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D Class Inflatable Lifeboats from Rhyl Llandudno and Flint
Rhyl's D class inflatable lifeboat uses an impromptu slipway on the A548 coast road at Savoy Cove, North Wales during the flooding. - View image in PDF
(Photo Paul Frost, Rhyl liteboat crew). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs