LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
New Life-Boats
AYR, SCOTLAND.—The Life-boat at this station has been replaced by a new one of the Liverpool type, 35 ft. long by 10 ft. wide, rowing 12 oars and fitted with 2 drop keels. Like her predecessor she is named the Janet Hoyle, as desired by the...
Category: Inaugurations
New Directions to Restore the Apparently Drowned
1. Treat the patient instantly, on the spot, in the open air—exposing the face and chest to the breeze, except in severe weather.
To CLEAR THE THROAT— 2. Place the patient gently face downwards, with one wrist under the...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (177)
NOVEMBER 16TH. - RUNSWICK, SCARBOROUGH, AND WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
A British bomber aeroplane had been reported down some miles out at sea, and later it was reported that another bomber was down, but nothing was found by the...
Old friends in the Fund
Volunteers in New Brighton, Wirral, became the proud owners of a new inshore lifeboat in November 2009. This Summer, the B class will be given a special name, marking her place in a long line of lifeboats provided by The Lifeboat...
Category: Articles
The Rescue of Two Dogs
ON 22nd March last, two dogs were rescued from drowning by the Coxswain of the Hoylake Life-boat and a Coast- guard Officer. The dogs were a spaniel and a terrier. They had run on to a sandbank and remained there until cut off by the tide....
Category: Articles
An Auxiliary Naval Ketch,with a Cutter In Tow
DECEMBER 1 0TH. - DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN. At 2.30 in the afternoon the motor life-boat George and Sarah Strachan was taken out for exercise by the district inspector. The sea was choppy. After she had been at sea about half an hour she came...
(Above) One of the Illustrations from the Booklet Safety on the Sea
(Above) One of the illustrations from the booklet Safety On The Sea, produced by the RNLI for the Sea Safety Liaison Working Group, comprised of six of the major organisations involved in marine use and safety. Under the cartoon is a list of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Tea Money from the Home Guard.
Major P. S. Watkins, D.S.O., vice-president of the Southborough and District Branch, in Kent, makes tea in the early mornings, for members of the Home Guard who sleep at his house. In return they contribute to the Life-boat Service. He has...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Arthur Capel
The s.s. Arthur Capel, of Rouen, whilst bound from Rouen to Cardiff, on the 5th August, stranded on the rocks about two-and- a-half miles west of the Manacles. The Life-boat Constance Melaine proceeded to the vessel, and the Honorary...
The Launch Marina
LAUNCH FOUND AGROUND ON SANDS Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 6.33 on the evening of the 17th April, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain that the launch Marina was aground one mile north-west of Wallet Spitway buoy.
The...