LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
BIDEFORD.—A new life-boat 34 feet long, and fitted to row either with six oars singlebanked, or twelve short oars double-banked, has been placed at Appledore, near Bideford, in lieu of a smaller one previously there. The cost of the boat was...
Category: Articles
A Dinghy
Capsized dinghy TWO MEN visiting Tenby by yacht on Sunday September 28, 1980, were returning by dinghy from shore to their yacht in the late evening when their dinghy capsized. One man managed to cling to a rock but the other, who could not...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 9th January, 1913.
The Rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
The Committee expressed deep regret at...
Category: Committee
An R.A.F. Target Raft
MAY 31ST. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. Men had been reported aboard an R.A.F. target raft, but they were cormorants which flew away as the life-boat approached. - Rewards, £8 1s..
Building a Rother Class Lifeboat: Part Vii—Building Up
THE VAST OPEN SPACES of the hull interior gradually disappear as work continues at William Osborne's yard on the internal structure of the 37' 6" Rother class lifeboat which will be RNLB Shoreline.
In the...
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 9th January, 1908.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
When the Duke of Kent President of the Rnli Visited Cowes Isle of Wight on October 5 He Witnessed the Self-Righting Trial In Samuel White's Yard of the 37' 6" Rother Cla
When the Duke of Kent, President of the RNLI, visited Cowes, Isle of Wight, on October 5 he witnessed the self-righting trial in Samuel White's yard of the 37' 6" Rather class lifeboat which will be stationed at Dungeness; he... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Joyce Giddins Aged 62 of Eastbourne Standing By the Lifeboat Bearing the Name of a Surgeon Who Saved Her Life 40 Years Ago When She Was Seriously Ill She S U B S
Mrs. Joyce Giddins, aged 62, of Eastbourne, standing by the lifeboat bearing the name of a surgeon who saved her life 40 years ago when she was seriously ill. She s u b s e q u e n t l y raised £11,000 from jumble sales and competitions... - View image in PDF
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The Life-Boat House
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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B.A.S.P
B.A.S.P was named after the initials of the four donors who funded her. She is an example of an early motor lifeboat but was still fitted with a mast and sails.
Type 45ft Watson Motor Single Screw Lifeboat Built 1924 Length... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs