LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Development of the Lifeboat By Eric Middleton
THE EVER INCREASING SPEED of Scientific and technological advance over recent years has naturally made itself felt in the design, construction and equipment of lifeboats throughout the world. So rapid have these changes been in the second...
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The Launch of the Swanage Motor Life-Boat
The Launch of the Swanage Motor Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
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The Princess Royal Meets the Buckie Lifeboat Crew
The Princess Royal meets the Buckle Lifeboat crew. - View image in PDF
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(Inset) Only the Human Figure Gives Scale to the Models.
(Inset) Only the human figure gives scale to the models.. - View image in PDF
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Wendy Craig Draws the Winning Ticket for the Volvo
Wendy Craig draws the winning ticket for the Volvo. - View image in PDF
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The Search for Edward May
AT 4.45 on the morning of the 8th of September, 1954, Edward May, a 44- year-old steel worker from Scunthorpe, waded into the sea at Cap Gris Nez.
He planned to swim to Dover unes- corted and thereby become the first man to...
Category: Services
The Sailing Ship Maria Asumpta
Three lifeboats search for survivors from wrecked sailing ship Lifeboats from three stations were involved in the search for survivors when the 137-year-old sailing ship Maria Asumpta foundered after running ashore on the rocky North...
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1902
WITHIN the last few weeks we have received from the Board of Trade their annual Blue Book, furnishing in a tho- roughly comprehensive and intelligible form very full and detailed statistics of the shipping casualties "on or near"...
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The Earl Beaconsfield, of Glasgow
WEXFORD.—At about 8th Feb. 1884, telegrams were received stating that a large fourmast ship was ashore on the Pollock Rocks n Fethard Bay. The wind was blowing a whole gale from the south and the sea was very heavy. Horses were procured as...
The Dutch Liner Nieuw Amsterdam
During a strong S.W. gale a Dutch liner named the Nieuw Amsterdam, of Rotterdam, ran ashore on the Goodwin Sands on the 27th December, and the Life-boat Charles Dibdin was promptly despatched to her assistance. On her arrival, however, the...