LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Freighter Akbar Jayanti, of Bombay
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands - At noon on 3ist October, 1966, a seaman aboard the freighter Akbar Jayanti, of Bombay, required medical attention, as a cockroach had crawled into his ear, causing severe earache. The life-boat Guy and Clare...
Record of Rescues In 1968
1968 month January February March April May June July August September .
October November .
December . .
Number of times life-boats called out on service 54 51 77 95 74 113 121 160 118...
Category: Services
Joint Venture
THE INSHORE LIFEBOAT D class Thomas Campbell D-447 (relief fleet) Funding: Legacy of Mr Edwin Ramsden THE CREW Helmsman David Maguire (pictured top) Crew Members (pictured bottom L-R): Simon Gulliver, Lorraine Calvin, Sinead Casey WEXFORD...
At Her Righting Trial the Fast Slipway Boat Prototype City of London 'Capsized' By Crane Righted In Just Five Seconds Photographs By Courtesy of Brian Manhy
At her righting trial the fast slipway boat prototype City of London. - View image in PDF
'capsized' by crane, righted in just five seconds. - View image in PDF
photographs by courtesy of Brian Manhy 19. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
77-year-old paperboy still delivers
Paper rounds have traditionally been carried out by children and young people – but 77-year-old David Rickard from Devon doesn’t let that stop him. Since 2006, the pensioner paperboy has been donating all of his wages and tips to good causes...
Category: Articles
Nature of Services By Inshore Rescue Boats
CLASS Fishing boats - all types Motor vessels, motor boats, etc.
Sailing yachts, sailing dinghies, sailing boats3 motor cruisers and motor yachts Aircraft Small boats, canoes, rubber dinghies, etc.
Landing...
Category: Services
The Rother James Cable, Last of the Class to Be Withdrawn from Aldeburgh In Late 1993, Shows the Differences Between This Class and the Earlier Oakleys.
The Rother James Cable, last of the class to be withdrawn from Aldeburgh in late 1993, shows the differences between this class and the earlier Oakleys.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
City of Glasgow Ill's Y-Boat Takes Five Belgian Yachtsmen Off the Yacht Bassurelle After She Had Been Driven Aground By Onshore Winds
City of Glasgow Ill's Y-Boat Takes Five Belgian Yachtsmen Off The Yacht Bassurelle After She Had Been Driven Aground By Onshore Winds. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A wild February night in 1923 sees the exhausted crew of Adolf Vinnen hauled to safety by breeches buoy
A wild February night in 1923 sees the exhausted crew of Adolf Vinnen hauled to safety by breeches buoy. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Lord Mayor of London Sir Charles Trinder Unveiled a Plaque on 4Th March 1969 to Commemorate the Foundation of the RNLI on 4Th March 1824 at 26 Bishopsgate
The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Charles Trinder, unveiled a plaque on 4th March, 1969, to commemorate the foundation of the R.N.L.I. on 4th March, 1824, at 26 Bishopsgate, London. It was on this site that a meeting was held which led to the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs