LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fire at Sea: Both St.Helier and St.Peter Port Lifeboats the 44' Waveney Thomas James King and the 52' a Run Sir William Arnold Launched on Service on September 77 7
Fire at sea: Both St Helier and St Peter Port lifeboats, the 44' Waveney Thomas James King and the 52' A run Sir William Arnold, launched on service on September 77, 7976, to go to the help of fishing vessel Mako, on fire 16 miles... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Henry Blogg. The First Sea Lord's Tribute to the Life-Boat Service
IN December, 1945, the Institution sent to Cromer one of the first two of a new type of 46-feet Watson -cabin life-boat. In them, for the first time, the steering wheels were placed amidships instead of at the stern. This boat was sent to...
Category: Inaugurations
The Netherlands-Registered Yacht Rose Bank
Determination in appalling conditions saves four 1-iftbtial.
Coxswain/Mechanic Ian Firman was awarded the RNLI's Bronze medal, and his six-man crew received medal service certificates, following a hazardous rescue of...
News
Landmark ruling - is it a ship?The personal watercraft (PWC), often known by the trade name of jetski, is an increasingly popular mode of water transport. Partly resembling a motorbike, a PWC is ridden in a similar way and comes with the...
Category: Articles
Unsung heroes: Elsie Macrae
Elsie has been an education volunteer in the north east of Scotland for 2 years
What’s your day job?
I used to work offshore as an engineer on oil rigs, but I’ve been called to the ministry so am currently studying for...
Category: Articles
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Gallantry In Galway Bay. Award of Seven Bronze Medals
ON the night of August 16th, 1938, the steam trawler Nogi, of London, went ashore about 300 yards N.W. of the lighthouse on Straw Island, which lies off Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay, on the west coast of Ireland. A strong...
Category: Services
Boy Jim
On the morning of the 13th December the coastguard telephoned that a small motor fishing boat, south of Gorleston pier, was driving ashore and making distress signals. A fresh N.E. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat...
Three Canoeists Who Last Year Made the First Ever Canoe Expedition By Coastal and Inland Waters from John O' Groats to Lands End Present a Cheque for £500 to Jo
Three canoeists who, last year, made the first ever canoe expedition by coastal and inland waters from John O' Groats to Lands End, present a cheque for £500 to John Lunch, a member of the Committee of Management, at the centre pool... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Jane Isabella
NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND. — The Robert and Susan Life-boat was launched on the 30th of June to the assistance of the coble Jane Isabella, which had gone to the fishing ground with four other boats and had been overtaken by a gale from the E...