LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Our Inland Branches. Rochdale
ROCHDALE is built on both banks of the River Roach, whence it derives its name; but the Rochdale of the present day differs widely from that of barely one hundred years ago. Then this quaint old town of industry and traffic occupied a...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats of the Institution During 1930
Persona Time of rescued from Launching. shipwreck.
3.45 p.m. S.S. Lestris, of Bruges. Sheringham Life-boat rendered assistance.
2.0 a.m. Steam trawler Braconmoor, of Aberdeen. Longhope...
Category: Services
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Management.
Life-boat.
North Deal .
Friday, 25th July, 1919.
Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., V.P., in the Chair.
Head and confirmed the minutes of the...
Category: Committee
A New Type of Life-Boat
A NEW type of life-boat, known as the Oakley type, came into the service of the Institution in the summer of 1958.
She is 37 feet in length and has a beach weight of 9.12 tons. She is, therefore, light enough to be...
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Lifeboat Museums and Display Centres By Richard Mann Display Manager
THE RNLI HAS SEVERAL small museums and display centres around the coast where those in search of lifeboat history can find model lifeboats, collections of paintings and photographs, perhaps some examples of equipment no longer used, or...
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Notes of the Quarter
THE disaster at Seaham Harbour, in which 5 members of the life-boat crew and 4 people who had been taken off a fishing boat by the life-boat all lost their lives, shocked and distressed the nation.
The life-boat capsized at...
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Head Protection (Continued from Page 265)
Head Protection (continued from page 265) including wind tunnel work; as a result an RNLI designed wrap around visor (see photograph, page 265) was found to offer the best combination of desirable optical properties and protection. NRDC has...
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Enchantress, of Hamble
Off Selsey Bill A YACHT AGROUND in the Looe Channel and needing help was reported by Solent Coastguard to the honorary secretary of Selsey lifeboat station at 1910 on Friday September 9, 1983. Maroons were fired and at 1920 the 48ft 6in...
Letters
Bitter sweet home-coming In September of last year my boyfriend and I were returning home after cruising abroad for almost two years. Unfortunately we were in collision with another vessel (I need not go into the details of the incident...
Category: Correspondence
Lofty Lifesavers
Lofty lifesavers Sometimes, lifeboats need a little help from above. The Lifeboat meets the air crew who play their part in sea rescues – and who are lifesavers in their own right It’s a chilly Sunday morning on the windy, exposed airfield...
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