LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Launching Ceremonies of New Motor Life-Boats
Scarborough, Bomber (Spurn Point), Hartlepool, Selsey and Bognor, Sennen Cove, New Brighton.
DURING the summer of this year the launching ceremonies have taken place of six Motor Life-boats.
Category: Inaugurations
Belle, of Sunderland
During a gale of wind from S.W., on the 2nd January, 1869, the brig Belle, of Sunderland, was total)/ wrecked on Sizewell Bank. The life-boat Ipswich,- which is stationed at Thorpeness, was launched with all practical speed, and happily...
(Right) the Grp Hull Is Stiffened With Frames (18" Maximum Centres) and Longitudinals Constructed of Foam Formers Over-Laminated With Chopped Glass Mat, Unidirectio
(Right) The GRP hull is stiffened with frames (18" maximum centres) and longitudinals constructed of foam formers over-laminated with chopped glass mat, unidirectional tape and resin.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
150th Anniversaries of Life-Boat Stations
GUERNSEY Colonel A. D. Burnett Brown, Secretary of the Institution, presented a certificate inscribed on vellum to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of a life-boat station at Guernsey, to Sir Thomas Elmhirst, Lieutenant-Governor and...
Category: Articles
Opreisingen of Arendal
On the 30th August, 1859, the brig Oprdsingen, of Arendal, ran on the Bonndnis rock, in Cas- tletown Bay. The master and carpenter landed to procure assistance; but the wind and sea increasing rapidly, it was impossible again to reach her in...
A Royal Inspection: on Board With Her Majesty (I to R) Lieut-Commander Harry Teare Divisional Inspector of Lifeboats (Ne) Hrh the Duke of Edinburgh (Hidden) Ca
A royal inspection: on board with Her Majesty (I. to r.), Lieut.-Commander Harry Teare, divisional inspector of lifeboats (NE), HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (hidden), Captain Alexander Kirk, Hartlepool honorary secretary, Commander Bruce Cairns... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Wrecks In Torbay During the Gales of the 10th and 11th January, 1866
TORBAY, on the night of Wednesday the 10th of January last, was visited by one of the most terrific gales ever remembered there, and which strewed the western coasts of England with many wrecks. The loss of life was also very great. The Bay...
Category: Articles
Overall Winner (pictured) John Brooks, Portsmouth Lifeboat Station
Overall winner (pictured) John Brooks, Portsmouth lifeboat station. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Barra Island Lifeboat the 52Ft Burnett R a Colby Cubbin No 3 Her Emergency Air Bag Inlfated After She Had Been Capsized and Had Righted
Barra Island lifeboat, the 52ft Burnett R. A. - View image in PDF
Colby Cubbin No. 3, her emergency air bag inlfated, after she had been capsized and had righted. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of HMS Gannet. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs