LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Gaff Cutter Jolie Brine
Help for Jolie Brise THE GAFF CUTTER Jolie Brine, on her way back from Oslo to Harwich on the second leg of the 1978 Tall Ships Race, made to put in to Lowestoft for repairs after two days of gales during which, due to rigging failure, she...
The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854
IN various parts of the Life-boat Journal, we have expressed a strong conviction of the utter inadequacy of all existing means for affording succour to shipwrecked persons around our coasts. We have mourned over it as a national discredit,...
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During the Day. the Barbican Was Filled With Rnli Displays
During the day. she Barbican -asfilled with RNLJ displays and siunds including souvenir sales and Sea Safety information. Below - Gill Beaumont, Youlh Pronwition Officer, gives advice and assistance on all aspects the RNU'syouih... - View image in PDF
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The Costa Rican Steamer Carmen
Workington, Cumberland.—At 6.35 on the morning of the 5th of July, 1956, the Walney Island coastguard reported that a vessel was aground in the harbour entrance. The life-boat Edward Z. Dresden, on temporary duty at the station, put out at...
The Norwegian Screw Steamer Woodham
On the 1st Feb. the Resent, the Life-boat of this station, was transported by land to Chilton Chine, and launched in a heavy S.E. gale and snowstorm, to the assistance of the Norwegian screw steamer Woodham.
The Life-boat...
Some of the Lifeboats of the Rnli Fleet
The photographs on these two pages are taken from those used in A Source Book of Lifeboats written by Ray Kipling, public relations officer, and recently published by Ward Lock; the book is reviewed on page 56..
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The Norwegian Fishing Vessel Vindhammer
Disabled longliner towed to safety in Force 9 Gale and 20ft seasTowing a fishing vessel of virtually ten times the displacement of the lifeboat isn't easy, to do so in seas averaging 20ft high and winds up to Force 9 is more difficult...
Eastbourne Life-Boat Day: The R.A.F. Band Leading the Procession
This Day raised the record sum of over £724.. - View image in PDF
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Pictured at the Presentation of the Red Cross Awards
Pictured at the presentation of the Red Cross awards are (from left to right) David Wyatt of the British Red Cross Society), Staff Officer General Duties Richard Perks, John Burke-Gaffney (Director General of the British Red Cross Society)... - View image in PDF
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Below Wet and Windswept After Retrieving the Dummy the Crew
Below Wet and windswept after retrieving the dummy the crew (left to right) Alan Woods, Tommy Cocking, Eric Ward and Charlie Hodson find time for a debrief as the lifeboat heads back to the training centre.. - View image in PDF
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