LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Herring Boat Fisher Lads
Dungeness, Kent. At 8.10 a.m. on 3rd November, 1965, a local fisherman told the honorary secretary that a fishing boat, half a mile south of Dungeness, was flying a distress signal. The lifeboat Mabel E. Holland was launched at 8.28 a.m. in...
Patience
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 4.1 on the afternoon of the 23rd December, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the s.s. Cheshire Coast had reported that she had a small fishing vessel in tow eight and a half miles south of...
The Sailing Club Rescue Launch
Newbiggin, Northumberland - At 3.27 p.m. on 2ist August, 1966, news was received that the sailing club rescue launch had broken an engine shaft while towing a dinghy out of difficulty near the Needle's Eye rocks. At 3.39 the life-boat...
Below the Size of the Latest Boathouse Reconstruction at Angle
Below The size of the latest boathouse reconstruction at Angle was one of the benchmarks when considering the new slipway class. In the event a lifeboat size was chosen which would fit in half of the existing houses - leaving Angle with... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Building of Life-Boats
WE think that the public will be inter- ested to learn something of the way in which the Institution deals with one of the most important branches of the great life-saving work entrusted to it. Few except technicaJ experts can fully realize...
Category: Articles
The Royal Bank of Scotland
In an Raises money every time you spend* emergency No annual fee our volunteers Interest - free period of up to 56 days rely on this Up to £100 cash back on transferred balances from other credit and store cards** piece of...
Category: Advertisement
The Romanian Cargo Ship Savinesti
Blizzard ON THURSDAY MORNING February 15 a Romanian cargo ship, Savinesti, with 28 people on board was reported in distress 125° 37.5 miles from Spurn Point; she had engine failure and was dragging her anchor. After liaison (made more...
The Service to the Goeland, 17th September, 1935
From a drawing by the Barry Dock motor mechanic, H. G. Swarts, who won the bronze medal (or his share in the service (See page 64.).
Category: Drawings
The R.N.L.I. Roadless Tractor, Made By the Roadless Traction Company
The RNLI Roadless Tractor Made By The Roadless Traction Company It Is A 40 HP Engine With Three Speed Ahead and One Astern It Can Take The Boat Over All Types of Beach. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Converted Ship's Boat Sun
Anstruther, Fifeshire.—At 10.10 on the morning of the 29th of August, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that a man at Pittenweem had reported that a small boat was drifting towards the shore east of Pittenweem. It was low water when the...