LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Concerning Public Opinion on the Mercantile Marine, and the Corporate Interests Connected Therewith
THE "British Public" has of late mani- fested a considerable degree of dissatisfac- tion at the general state of the Mercantile Marine, a dissatisfaction which is none the less real in fact because it can hardly be said—at least in...
Category: Articles
Across the Waves...
Across the waves...
RNLI fundraisers all the way from the Falkland Islands visited Bishop's Waltham branch in August last year and presented a cheque for their most recent box collection, and a special 'I plaque.<... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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fescue from the Johan Cottett, 5 February 1963 Coxsivain Hubert Tetit, guernsey TheNorwegianmerchantship/o/w iCo et( was 14 miles off LesHanois lighthouse, Guernsey, when her skipper radioed for help; his cargo had shifted and his vessel was...
Category: Medals
Round Britain By Irb
THE rigid inflatable Psychedelic Surfer gained a certain amount of publicity in the Round Britain Power Boat race and was, I hear, looked at by some of our IRB crews at the various stopping points around the coast.
When I...
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Lifeboat lottery
AUTUMN 2010
Ms J Pollard-Ovens of West Glamorgan scooped first prize of £5,000 in the Autumn Lifeboat Lottery and elebrated with a visit to her local lifeboat station at Port Talbot.
The other cash prize...
Category: Articles
Services: Scott's Feat In Dinghy
SCOTT'S FEAT IN DINGHY NEWS of a boy in the water clinging to an upturned boat on 12th April led to the Mumbles, Glamorganshire coxswain, Mr. Derek Scott, B.E.M., taking out a dinghy as with the strong ebb tide which was running he...
Category: Services
Francis's Metallic Life-Saving Car
In an account of the New York Life-Saving Association, in the 19th Number of this Journal, we alluded to a metallic Life-Car, which, in conjunction with the mortar and rocket life apparatus, had been instrumental in saving a large...
Category: Articles
"God Help the Poor Fellows at Sea!"
FAR away inland, when tempests blow Wild through the dark'ning night, We list to the roar of the winds as they go, On their hurricane steeds to the fight; For the hosts of the Storm-King are gathering fast Where the white-crested waters...
Category: Poetry
Right: The Skegness Lifeboat In An Ice Field In The North Sea Searching For The Dutch Coaster Tuko
Right:The Skegness lifeboat in an ice field in the North Sea searching for the Dutch coaster Tuko.The crew eventually found her only to discover she was not in danger.The lifeboat returned to Skegness after nine hours. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs