LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
February
FEBRUARY Launches 88. Lives rescued 248.
FEBRUARY 1ST. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
At 4.6 P.M. the naval authorities at Penzance sent a message through the coastguard asking for the life-boat to go out with a...
Category: Services
A 504
Designed by J. A. McLachlan the ragged chine inshore lifeboat was intended to have a greater offshore capability than the D class inflatable. A succesful boat (her helmsman winning a Bronze Medal in 1975) the class was eventually superseded... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Launch of the Life-Boat at the Lizard to the S.S. "Bardic."
The Launch of the Life-Boat at The Lizard To The SS " Bardic". - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Offshore Lifeboat Services March April and May 1980
Aith, Shetland May 28 Aldeburgh, Suffolk April 8 Angle, Dyfed April 12 Arbroath, Angus May 11 and 13 Arranmore, Co Donegal March 7 and 26 Barra Island, Inverness-shire April 7 Barrow, Cumbria March 24 and May 16 Barry Dock, South Glamorgan...
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Cover Picture
Th? 4Kfl bin Ouklrv class l./:nnl-(. 'tulgwimlifeboat - James anil Catherine Macfarlune - pulls ni n from her bouthousc itl Kilcobbcn Cove. Tin- l.i:urtl. The Minion, with its dramatic backdrop, was opened M HK/l I lit' Duke of... - View image in PDF
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The United States' Life-Saving Service
IN the Number (115) of the Life-boat Journal for February, 1880, there appeared a brief description of the means provided for the Pre- servation of Life from Shipwreck in the United States of America, not only on their sea coasts but on the...
Category: Articles
News
Readers will have heard about the recent tragedy at Lancashire's Morecambe Bay when 20 cockle pickers died after becoming trapped by rising tides Morecambe's inshore lifeboat and hovercraft, together with Fleetwood's all weather...
Category: Articles
On Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Flag Day
On Great Yarmouth and Gorleston flag day.
July 15, Danny La Rue, then appearing in his summer show at Great Yarmouth, came to the market place lifeboat stall and signed photographs of himself, which he donated, and also... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In This Issue.
News and Views The latest news from and about the RNLI Lifeboat Services Including Bronze Medal and Vellum winning rescues Anniversary Special 175 years of saving Invsatsfa Three items looking at 175 years of aspects of the RNLI ...plus Sir...
Category: Contents
Duke of Northumberland's Prize Life-Boat Essay Competition
THE subject chosen for the seventh Life-boat Essay Competition was " How does the Life-boat Service Help the Cause of Peace between. Nations " A number of schools have written that they have found the subject rather too difficult...
Category: Articles