LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Author Wearing Rnli Visor and Helmet In the Working Section of the Wind Tunnel During These Tests With Wind and Spray Travelling at 50 Knots and the Ambient Temperat
The author wearing RNLI visor and helmet in the working section of the wind tunnel.
During these tests, with wind and spray travelling at 50 knots and the ambient temperature down near freezing, conditions were unpleasant... - View image in PDF
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The Dredger Hoverinsham II
LIFE-RAFT RESCUE At 8.50 a.m. on 16th January, 1971, the honorary secretary at Beaumaris, Anglesey, learnt that a distress signal had been sighted from the dredger Hoverinsham II of Hull a quarter of a mile below Penmon lookout.
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The Rough Weather Abilities of the Severn Class
The rough weather abilities of the Severn class helped coxswain Hewitt Clark save the life of five men last November. In a service which won him a Gold Medal the lifeboat's strength was tested to the extreme when massive seas hurled her... - View image in PDF
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Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain William Hughes, of PorthdinUaen, Caernarvonshire, who was appointed coxswain in 1933. He was then a retired master mariner who had been brought up in coasting and deep-water square-rigged sailing...
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Sellers at the Continental Market
The special summer effort of the Camberley branch.. - View image in PDF
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Left - the Duke of Kent
Left - The Duke of Kent addresses the conference.. - View image in PDF
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The "Gorden Warren."
A motor life-boat of the 32-feet surf type which replaced the tubular life-boat at Rhyl in 1939.. - View image in PDF
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The South Goodwin Lightvessel
On the night of the 26th-27th November, 1954, the South Goodwin lightvessel broke adrift in a gale and at daylight was found to be lying on her beam ends. The Dover, Ramsgate and Walmer life-boats were all launch- ed, but the sole survivor...
The Fishing Boat
Plymouth, Devon - At 4.22 p.m. on 6th April, 1969, the coastguardinformed the honorary secretary that a fishing boat, with a crew of five on board, had broken down in Whitsand bay. At 4.40 the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse slipped...
The Barrels Lightvessel
Kilmore, Co. Wexford. At 9.30 a.m.
on i6th May, 1965, the Irish Lights Office asked the honorary secretary for the use of the life-boat to take a sick man off the Barrels lightvessel. There was a light southerly breeze and...