LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Passages of Life-Boats In the Gales. Port Patrick, Troon, and Moelfre
THREE new Motor Life-boats which left the building yard at Cowes for their Stations during the gales—the 40-feet Watson Life-boats for Port Patrick (Wigtownshire), Troon (Ayrshire) and Moelfre (Anglesey)—were subjected to as severe a test as...
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When Rnlb Shoreline Was Due to Leave William Osborne's Yard at Littlehampton for Her Station Last August Her Shoreline Flag Had Not Arrived the 5Th Littlehampton Sea Scout Troop (A Group M
When RNLB Shoreline was due to leave William Osborne's yard at Littlehampton for her station last August her Shoreline flag had not arrived. The 5th Littlehampton Sea Scout Troop (a group member) was proud to present its flag to the... - View image in PDF
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Three Fishing Vessels
PEEL, ISLE OF MAN.—While a tremendous gale of wind was blowing from N.W. on the morning of the 16th June the Life-boat MayJiew Medwin was launched to the assistance of three fishing vessels which were attempting to return to the harbour. The...
On the Self-Righting Principle In Life Boats
SINCE the publication of the Report of the Northumberland Life-boat Committee, a good deal has been said and written on the subject of the self-righting principle in life-boats in the event of their being upset, a quality which was strongly...
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The Racing Dinghy Meringue
Sheringham, Norfolk.—At 3.5 on the afternoon of the 27th of August, 1951, the life-boat Foresters Centenary was launched to stand by racing ding- hies in a regatta. A few minutes later one of them the Meringue capsized half a mile away. The...
Front Cover
Front Cover A Pooie lifeboat crew member prepares to be winched from the station's Brede class lifeboat to Portland Coastguard Helicopter Whisky Bravo during an exercise off Studland last Autumn.
The photograph is just... - View image in PDF
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The S.S. J. Duncan
The s.s. J. Duncan, of Cardiff, whilst bound from that port to Devonport with a cargo of coal, stranded on the rocks at Tol Pedn, Penwith, during a thick fog on the morning of the 14th August.
The casualty was reported at...
(Below) for the Duke There Is Always Time to Talk With the Children
. . And (below) for the Duke there is always time to talk with the children. - View image in PDF
photographs by courtesy of Spectrum Photographic Studio. - View image in PDF
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The S.S. Martha
PADSTOW, CORNWALL. — The coastguard at Trevose Head, on the night of the 22nd February, reported that a large steamer was in distress five miles to the north and that she was burning signals for assistance. The tug Helen Peele, with the Life...
The Duchess of Kent and Coxswain Upperton
Coxswain Upperton has twice won the silver medal. The first time was in the war of 1939 to 1945. In the war of 1914 to 1918 he was serving with the Colds,tream Guards in France.. - View image in PDF
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