LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Pier rescue on the Isle of Man
DOUGLAS | 11 SEPTEMBER
Douglas RNLI lifeboat crew rescued a man who had fallen into the water from Victoria Pier. The volunteers launched their all-weather lifeboat Sir William Hillary at 10.15pm. They...
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The Turbo-Electric Tanker Ampac-California
Barrow, Lancashire.—-At half past six on the morning of the 4th of October, 1950, the Walney Island coastguard reported a ship aground in Hilpsford Point, Walney. No distress signals had been made, but it was thought advisable to launch the...
The New 47-Feet Life-Boat
A NEW 47-feet Watson cabin life-boat, the first of her kind, completed her trials during the summer of 1955. She has now been sent to her station at Thurso, Caithness-shire.
The new life-boat is a development of the 46-feet...
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Some Account of the Growth of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution's Fleet Since the Re-Organization of the Society In 1850. III. (1886-1896)
IN the February 1896 number of the Life-boat Journal it will be remembered that the account of the growth of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITU- TION'S fleet of Life-boats was brought up to 1885, the fleet then consisting of 284 boats....
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The Harvest Festival of Two Life-Boats
Two Life-boats, the Martha, of Cresswell, and the Edward and Eliza, of Holy Island, celebrated Harvest Festival by answering the call of vessels in distress. In both cases the crews were actually in church, and the Harvest Festival service...
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The Life-Boat Service In 1933
ALTHOUGH 1933 was remarkable for having one of the longest and most settled summers on record, the number of lives rescued from shipwreck round the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland was the largest for five years. It was 406. Of this total...
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The Hull Form of the Waveney Is Shown Clearly As the First Uk-Built Boat (44-002)
The hull form of the Waveney is shown clearly as the first UK-built boat (44-002) undergoes her righting trial in October 1966. - View image in PDF
Note the flat sections aft to promote planing.. - View image in PDF
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The Screw Steamer Hellenis of Dublin
On the 15th Sep- tember, the screw-steamer, Hettenis, of Dublin, bound from Naples and Lisbon to Dublin, with a general cargo, and having 26 bullocks on deck, grounded on Ark- low Bank, during a strong gale from W. to W.S.W. The Arklow...
The Final Hull Form of the Mersey Seen During the Self-Righting Trials of on 1125 a Pre-Production Prototype
The final hull form of the Mersey, seen during the self-righting trials of ON 1125, a pre-production prototype. (Photo Downland Studios). - View image in PDF
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The Chemical Tanker Multitank Ascania (1)
Environmental disaster prevented Bronze medal for Thurso Coxswain and awards to Thurso and Longhope crewsThurso lifeboat Coxswain William Farquhar has been awarded the RNLI's Bronze Medal for bravery for his part in an incident involving...