LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Year of Peace
In the twelve months from the end of the war in Europe on May 8th.
1945, life-boats rescued 677 lives. That is an average of 5 lives a month and is only 50 lives less than were rescued during the last twelve months of the...
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Ernestine, of Amsterdam
On the 25th March this Life-boat again assisted, together with other boats and steam-tugs, in saving the ship Ernestine, of Amsterdam..
The Hull Form of the Arun Class Is Shown Clearly In This Self-Righting Trial
The hull form of the Arun class is shown clearly in this self-righting trial. Note the flat sections aft to promote planing and the small tunnels to allow larger propellers.. - View image in PDF
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On the Afternoon of July 9 a Giant Wave Washed Three Boys Off Sterlochy Rocks Immediately East of Findochty Harbour Two Were Pulled to Safety By Uwe Brandt An Oil Rig Worker Who Waded M
On the afternoon of July 9 a giant wave washed three boys off Sterlochy Rocks immediately east of Findochty Harbour. Two were pulled to safety by Uwe Brandt, an oil rig worker, who waded more than waist deep into the rough seas. Buckle... - View image in PDF
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Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain Thomas Dent of Newbiggin, who first joined the Newbiggin crew in 1932. He was bowman from 1938 to 1944, second coxswain from 1944 to 1947 and was appointed coxswain in July 1947. Since he became a...
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Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain Frederick Swarts, of Barry Dock, who has been coxswain since the 1st April, 1956. For nearly ten years before that he was second coxswain.
Since he became a boat's officer...
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News from the Branches. April 1st to June 30th
Greater London.
CARSHALTOX (SURREY).—Whist Drive.
CRANFORD (MIDDLESEX). — Whist Drive.
ELSTREE (HERTFORDSHIRE). —• On 28th June a Garden Party given by Sir Trevor and Lady Dawson at...
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The S.S. Trent
The s.s. Goole, of Goole, whilst bound on the 24th June from that port to London with a cargo of coal, stranded on the middle Hasboro sands during a dense fog, and two barges which she was towing broke adrift.
' The...
Presented to the Prince of Wales at Edinburgh
Left to right: Coxswain John Innes (Newburgh), Coxswain James Cameron (Peterhead), Coxswain Andrew Cunningham (Crail), Mr. G. L. Thomson (Honorary Life Governor of the Institution and Honorary Secretary at Stromness), Second-Coxswain James... - View image in PDF
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The Old Life-Boat Station at South Sands from Which the William and Emma Set Out In 1916 and (right) the Names of the 13 Local Life-Boatmen Who Perished In the Disaster
The old life-boat station at South Sands from which the William and Emma set out in 1916 and (right) the names of the 13 local life-boatmen who perished in the disaster. It was Richard Durant, of Sharpham, Totnes, who gave Salcombe its first... - View image in PDF
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