LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Deo Gratias and Motor Boat Bella Betty
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—At 10.35 on the morning of the 12th of October, 1952, a resident of Overton telephoned that a fishing boat had fired two red rockets and that her crew ap- peared to be trying to hold her on to Port Eynon Buoy. At...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 15th September, 1932.
Sir GODFREY BABIKQ, Bt., in the chair.
Passed a Vote of Thanks to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., for his kindness in attending the Inaugural Ceremony of the new motor...
Category: Committee
Away! Launch Practice for Lifeboat RA Colby Cubbin No 1 Upper Photograph By Courtesy of Manx Press Pictures; Lower Photograph By Courtesy of W S Basnett
Away! Launch practice for lifeboat R.A. Colby Cubbin No. 1. - View image in PDF
Upper photograph by courtesy of Manx Press Pictures; lower photograph by courtesy of W. - View image in PDF
S. Basnett. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
R.N.L.I. Sends Irbs to Pakistan Disaster
It took the R.N.L.I, just 36 hours to find 20 inshore rescue boats with engines and spares for an airlift from Stansted, Essex, to Dacca to aid victims of the flood disaster in East Pakistan. The two volunteers were Lieutenant David Stogdon... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services In Brief
The following is a complete list of services or attempted services by inshore rescue boats during the months of April, May and June, 1964: Date 1964 April 7 April 9 April 12 April 15 April 20 April 24 April 27 April 30 May i May 2 May 4 May...
Category: Services
A Big Increase In the World's Shipping
THE new volumes of Lloyd's Register of Shipping which have just been published record the very interesting fact that during the past year the total tonnage of the world has been increased by 408,540 tons, nearly three times as big an...
Category: Articles
A Vessel
SEVEN LIFE-BOATMEN LOST AT ST. IVES JAN. 23RD. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
Three minutes before two in the morning, the honorary secretary was rung up by the district officer of coastguard, who told him that a vessel was in a...
Top Award For Polzeath Five
Sunny days at the beach may seem like a distant memory, but the bravery and skill of five RN Ll lifeguards last Summer has recently been recognised with the Alison Saunders Lifeguarding Award- one of our top...
Category: Articles
Cover Picture
by Colin Watson Unusual lighting picks out the details on the Bangor (Co Down) Atlantic 21 class lifeboat as she takes up station astern of the station's all-weather lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Arun Development
SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES gathering momentum over the past 30 years have pushed back the horizon of the seafaring man.
High-powered marine diesel engines, allied with modern hull design, have given him speed with reliability...
Category: Articles