LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Weather of 1873
THE public have to thank Dr. ALLNATT, of Frant, for an excellent review of the weather of the past twelve months. It is always pleasant to be able to correct one's vague recollections by an actual record; and there is, perhaps, no...
Category: Articles
When the Classroom Meets the Sea
'My thoughts about the beach have changed. I used to think it was just a fun place to be but now I know there are hidden dangers as well.' These are the words of a teenager from inner London who had the chance to take part in one of...
Category: Articles
Insight
RescUe Insight Here is just a handful of incidents from around the uK and Roi to give an insight into the thousands of lifeboat rescues carried out each year. see pages 20–27 for rescues marked and page 13 for a roundup of lifeguard activity...
Category: Articles
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
ITS the December Number of this Journa it was stated that several additional Life boat Stations had been formed, and new boats built to replace old ones.
In addition to those previously enume- rated, we have the...
Category: Articles
The Prototype 14M Fast Afloat Boat (Fab 4) Is at Present Being Fitted Out at William Osborne's Yard In Littlehampton See Page 90 for Details of the 17M Fab 3 No
The prototype 14m Fast Afloat Boat (FAB 4) is at present being fitted out at William Osborne's yard in Littlehampton. See page 90 for details of the 17m FAB 3, now afloat for trials.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The 46Ft 9In Watson Lifeboat Sir Samuel Kelly on Her Last
The 46ft 9in Watson lifeboat Sir Samuel Kelly on her last journey from Bangor Shipyard last summer to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Bangor Road, Holywood. Sir Samuel Kelly was stationed at Donaghadee from 1950 to 1976 when she... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Life-Boat Diary
"Ship" Ha'pennies for Life-boats A LARGE tin containing a thousand ha'pennies, all with the "ship" design on one side, has been given by Mr.
Henry Broom and his daughter Betty, of Bedford,...
Category: Articles
Record of Rescues In 1965
1965 month January February March April May June July August September October November December Number of times life-boats called out on service 1965 63 38 54 90 72 98 104 179 1 02 76 104 58 1,038 Lives saved by life-boats 1965 30 4 36 77...
Category: Services
Inaugural Ceremonies of Motor Life-Boats
Southwold and Dunwich ; Yarmouth, Isle of Wight; Great Yarmouth and Gorlcston ; Montrose.
DURING the past summer the Inaugural Ceremonies of five Motor Life-boats have taken place. The first of these, the inauguration of...
Category: Inaugurations
Mr. S. S. Jerrett, of New Brighton
MR. S. S. JERRETT, of Liverpool and New Brighton, who died on the 9th November last, at the age of seventy- four, was for over thirty years associ- ated with the Life-boat Station at New Brighton. The son of a sea-captain, he was connected...
Category: Obituaries