LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Benwyvis, the S.S. Guecho and the German Tug Wotan
Dover, Kent.—At 7.37 oil the night of the 21st of March, 1952, the Sandgate coastguard telephoned that two ships had been in collision in a fog four miles south-east of Dover. They were the S.S. Benwyvis, of Leith, and the...
Life-Boat Launches on Service During the Months June, July and August, 1971
LAUNCHES AND LIVES SAVED BY LIFE-BOATS AND IRBs 1st June 1971 to 31st August 1971: Launches 1,330, lives saved 787 THE ACTIVE FLEET (as at 31/8/71) 135 station life-boats 111 inshore rescue boats LIVES RESCUED 94,443 from the Institution'...
Category: Services
The Motor Fishing Vessels Lead Us, The Golden Hope and Success
LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY AT HARBOUR BAR Whitby, Yorkshire. At 7.45 on the evening of the 2nd March, 1962, the coxswain was in radio communication from his own boat with three local motor fishing vessels, which were at sea in deteriorating weather...
A 15-Foot-High Stained Glass Window With Life-Boat and Lighthouse Themes
A 15-foot-high stained glass window with life-boat and lighthouse themes - the work of Mr. Alfred L. Wilkinson, of Dovercourt, Essex, has been added to St.
Mary's Church, Isles of Scilly, through the generosity of Mr.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
and Model Making: (Above) a Model of the 44Ft Waveney Lifeboat John Fison Stationed
. . . and model making: (above) a model of the 44ft Waveney lifeboat John Fison stationed at Harwich. This model, made by Rodnev Morlock, an Enthusiast from Felixstowe, is scratch built but using a pre-cast GRP hull.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Straw Matting Which Covers the Steel Frames Showing Detail of Bow Pudding and Fairlead
The straw matting which covers the steel frames, showing detail of bow pudding and fairlead.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Barmouth: Trh the Prince and Princess of Wales With Barmouth Lifeboatmen
Barmouth: TRH The Prince and Princess of Wales, with Barmouth lifeboatmen, looking at the picture presented to the Princess after she had named the 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat Princess of Wales, photograph by courtesy of Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Official Party Including the Duke of Atholl (Far I) and the Lord Mayor of Nottingham
The official party, including the Duke of Atholl (far I.) and the Lord Mayor of Nottingham, aboard Invergordon lifeboat after the naming ceremony. - View image in PDF
Photograph by courtesy of T. Bailey Forman Newspapers Ltd.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Building a Rother Class Lifeboat: Part X—Engines and Superstructure Fitted: Steering System
A CRANE MOVED into the boatshed at William Osbornes one day last autumn to lift first the twin engines and then the superstructure aboard the 37ft 6in Rother class lifeboat which will be RNLB Shoreline.
The engines are twin...
Category: Articles
(Below) Coxswain C Collins and the Young Crew of Baltimore Lifeboat
(Below) Coxswain C Collins and The Young Crew of Baltimore Lifeboat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs