LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Liza, Scheherazade and Golden Venture
Eighteen lifeboats at sea as storm sweeps country 'Services varied from false alarms - both with good intent and malicious - to fishing vessels and commercial passenger vessels...' The severe storms which swept much of the country on...
Bottom Left: a Brass Band
Bottom left: A brass band celebrates the naming of Trent class Inner Wheel II,. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Some of the New Trent Class Can Be Funded By Single Legacies Or Appeals
Some of the new Trent class can be funded by single legacies or appeals - this is Fishguard's Blue Peter VII, funded by the BBC television programme's appeal - but increasingly it is necessary to fund or top-up from the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Enough for a D Class and Much More
Committee members of Warwick Ladies' Lifeboat Guild with, from left to right: Richard Mann (kneeling) regional organiser for Central England; the Lady Mayor of Warwick, Cllr Bridget Savory; Jean Terry, chairman for the appeal; and Bill... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Building a Rother Class Lifeboat: Part III—In Frame
so, THE KEEL is LAID. A baulk of teak, shaped to match templates taken off the full size lines plans drawn out on the loft floor. It rests on blocks so set that they will bring the boat up to a convenient height for building. The keel slopes...
Category: Articles
Building a Rother Class Lifeboat: Part Iv—Skeleton Hull
DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS, the work of building up the skeleton hull of the lifeboat (Fig, 1), swiftly sketched out in Part III of this article, has been progressing at William Osbornes with meticulous care. Each of the very many pieces...
Category: Articles
Close Up
cLose up meet the family Building a strong and happy family can be a tough task for anyone but this is exactly what The Lifeboat College is attempting to do for the RNLI. Four members of this charity ‘family’ tell Liz Cook and Carol...
Category: Articles
Tracey Edwards Yachtswoman of the Year Aboard Selsey's Tyne Class Lifeboat
Tracey Edwards, Yachtswoman of the Year, aboard Selsey's Tyne class lifeboat during the station's lifeboat week. Tracey has since become a vice president of the branch. (Photo Jeanne Hambleton). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
List of Launches
Station-by-station lifeboat launches for November and December 1997 and January and February 1998 Aberdeen, Grampian Arun; Nov 25, 28 and Feb 15 D Class; Feb 15 (Twice) Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: Dec 7 Aberystwyth. Cardiganshire...
Category: Services
The Rules Made By the Board of Trade Under the Life-Saving Appliances Act, 1888
THESE rules, which are to come into effect on the 1st of November, were signed I a few days ago by Sir MICHAEL HICKSBEACH, and have just been presented to j Parliament. They are certainly of a most elaborate character—it is difficult to see...
Category: Articles