LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Cover Picture
COVER PICTURE by Edward Mallinson The third Trent class, Blue Peter VII, pictured off the island of Alderney during crew training before going to her station at Fishguard. She is the first all-weather lifeboat to carry the 'Blue... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Formby Lifeboat Station 1776-1919 By Barbara and Reginald Yorke
UNTIL RECENT TIMES the approaches to the Port of Liverpool were quite hazardous. The difficulties stemmed from the fact that seaward of the northern extremity of the Wirral peninsula the estuary suddenly opens out to become very shallow for...
Category: Articles
Kay's Great Day
Storm Force member Kay Metcalfe with the medallists aboard the Arun class lifeboat Duke ofAtholl'in London before the presentation of Awards Ceremony on 22 May 1990.
From left to right: Helmsman David Steenvoorden,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Son of Hyde Branch's Honorary Treasurer
Down on the farm in Cheshire—but off on the milk round? The son of Hyde branch's honorary treasurer, Mrs Margaret Cheetham, sets off with the publicity D class inflatable lifeboat which, parked outside Hyde Town Hall where the branch was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Made to Measure:
Made to measure: it took Brian Dew (above) six months to build this 1112th scale working model of Padstow's new 47ft Tyne class lifeboat. The model is built of wood andfibreglass, has twin electric motors for propulsion and for operating... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Douglas Lifeboat R a Colby Cubbin No1
Douglas lifeboat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 1 is pictured returning from an exercise involving the warship HMS Ribble a River class RNR minesweeper based at Liverpool. The exercise involved transferring a casualty in a Neil Robinson stretcher... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Shannon on station
The Shannon class – a new generation of all-weather lifeboat – is now ready to rescue after the first station lifeboat went on service at Dungeness, Kent.
The lifeboat, designed in-house by RNLI naval architects, harnesses...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Perils In Mount's Bay
THE magnificence and terror of a gale on the rock-bound coasts of Cornwall can scarcely be exaggerated. The long impe- tuous swell of the great Atlantic, flinging itself on the rugged granite cliffs which guard the shores, is by its own...
Category: Articles
President names first Irish Tamar
President Mary McAleese named Ireland’s first Tamar class lifeboat at Kilmore Quay on 15 June.
The lifeboat was named Killarney, and was funded with the legacy of Mrs Mary Weeks from Surrey, who died...
Category: Articles
The Rnli In Ireland By Lieut-Colonel Brian Clark Mc Gm
During the past year Irish lifeboatmen have served with courage and honour. Among other services the Kilmore Quay lifeboat crew experienced the first capsizes of a modern lifeboat; they and the whole station acquitted themselves with...
Category: Articles