LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Despite Gale Force Winds and Driving Rain About 1000 People Attended the Service of Dedication on April Jo of Abersoch's New Atlantic 21 Wolverhampton the Ilb T
Despite gale force winds and driving rain, about 1.000 people attended the service of dedication on April JO of Abersoch's new Atlantic 21, Wolverhampton. The ILB, together with her tractor and boathtntse, provided b Wolverhampton... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Atlantic Watch: Ireland's Western Lifeboat Stations Arranmore Galway Bay and Valentia By Ray Kipling Public Relations Officer Rnli
'The wind was of hurricane force, with fierce squalls accompanied by snow and sleet and the seas were mountainous.
' ... 'It took two hours to board the lifeboat and three times the boarding boat was driven back...
Category: Articles
Naming Ceremonies Handing Over and Dedications
Girvan, June 25 The second of the new 33ft Brede class lifeboats to go on station in Scotland was named Philip Vaux at a ceremony which took place at Girvan Harbour on Saturday June 25. Largely funded from a bequest by the late Mrs Elizabeth...
Category: Inaugurations
Careful Call Out
On 27 May, Aberdovey lifeboat crew faced a 4m breaking swell in their B class Sandwell Lifeline to rescue a windsurfer who was drifting out to sea in force 6 conditions.
He was spotted by someone on the shore. Crew Member...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Teddington
SEPTEMBER 17TH. - NOVEMBER 6TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. The S.S. Teddington, of London, with a valuable cargo on board, had been attacked by German aeroplanes and set on fire. Her crew had been taken off by a naval vessel and the steamer had...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 14th June, 1900.
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
Inflatables Were First Introduced Into Service In 1962 and the Current Development Is the Atlantic 21 Rigid Bottomed Inshore Rescue Boat Here Shown at Speed
Inflatables were first introduced into service in 1962, and the current development is the Atlantic 21 rigid bottomed inshore rescue boat, here shown at speed. - View image in PDF
by courtesy of David Parker. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Afternoon: Shoreline Member No I Sir Alec Rose (R) Hands Over to Major-General Ralph Farrant Chairman of the Committee of Management a Rather-Shaped Che
Afternoon: Shoreline member No. I , Sir Alec Rose (r.) hands over to Major-General Ralph Farrant, chairman of the Committee of Management, a Rather-shaped cheque for £101,000, the result of the Shoreline appeal which will go towards the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coxswain William Johnston, of Stromness
Coxswain William Johnston, of Stromness, in the Orkneys, died on 3rd February last, at the age of sixty-five.
He had retired only five months before on account of ill health. Appointed Coxswain in 1915, he...
Category: Obituaries
The Life-Boats of the United Kingdom
LIV. BULL BAY (Anglesey) The Curling, 34 feet by 7£ feet, 10 oars.
"READER, have you ever been at Ply- mouth?" asks the versatile Captain Fred- erick Marryatt in opening one of the happiest productions of...
Category: Articles