LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Brilliant
JAN. 30TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. The Berry had bee Head coastguard reported that rockets ward.
n seen about eight miles to the east- A moderate easterly gale was blowing, with a heavy swell. At 8.55 P.M. the motor life-boat...
The S.S. Empire Parsons
JANUARY 12TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
At 9.34 P.M. the Kirkwall coastguard reported a vessel ashore on the east side of Stroma, and the motor life-boat Thomas McCunn was launched at 10.15 P.M. A S.S.E.
gale...
The prototype fast afloat boat (right) may have superficial similarities with the Arun class, but she was the result of a 'clean-sheet' design approach.
The prototype fast afloat boat (right) may have superficial similarities with the Arun class, but she was the result of a 'clean-sheet' design approach.
Apart from being much latger at 17m overall and with roughly... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Even More on the Lagos Pilot Boat
Even more on the Lagos Pilot Boat I have been following the letters on the Lagos pilot boat with interest. This is partly because the Queen was originally propelled by water jets and the photograph with Mr Powell's letter in the Autumn... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Below) In the Calm After the Storm the Tiny Gap Into Which the Lifeboat Was Manoeuvred Can Clearly Be Seen. at the Time of the Service It Was Dark, Blowing Force 10
(Below) In the calm after the storm the tiny gap into which the lifeboat was manoeuvred can clearly be seen. At the time of the service it was dark, blowing Force 10 and with a large surge running. Photos Graeme Story, Lerwick. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Govenor Maclean, of London
On the 5th September the brig Governor Maclean, of London, was totally wrecked, during a gale of wind, on the Shold Point of the Ower's Sandbank, off Selsey. The life-boat on that station was immediately manned and launched, and took...
Moving With the Times
From humble beginnings in London's Austin Friars, RNLI Head Office has come a long way from its original one-room operation...
The RNLI started life in the City of London, then the financial centre of the world, and the...
Category: Articles
Sheerness: Cliff-fall teen returns with thanks
Four weeks after suffering spinal injuries falling 10m down a cliff on the Isle of Sheppey, 17-year-old
Logan Enfield called in to Sheerness Lifeboat Station to thank the crew who came to his rescue.
Logan, visiting...
Category: Articles
Colonel the Hon. Harold Robson, T.D., D.L., J.P.
Colonel the Hon. Harold B. Robson, a Vice-President of the Institution, died on 13th October, 1964, at the age of 76. He joined the Committee of Management in 1933 and was elected a Vice-President in 1955. He served on the general purposes...
Category: Obituaries
The S.S. Argos Hill
Clovelly, Devonshire.—On the 24th October, 1939, at 3.45 A.M. a message was received from the Croyde Coastguard station that a vessel was in distress fifteen miles S.W. of Lundy Island.
A strong W.N.W. wind was blowing,...