LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
One of the RNLI's Ib1-Type D Class
One Of The RNLI's Ib1-Type D Class. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Life-Boat Station
THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the house for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 228 Life-boat Stations...
Category: Articles
The Scottish Life-Boat Council
THE Scottish Life-boat Council which was set up at the Conference held in Edinburgh last January, and which it was decided should meet twice a year, held its first and preliminary meeting, at which it elected its officers, in Edinburgh on...
Category: Meetings
The Wells Life-Boat Ernest Tom Neathercoat—A 37-Foot Oakley—Was Built In 1965. She Is a Self-Righter and Is One of About 20 of Her Type In Service With the R.N.L.I., In Addition to Six 48-Foot 6-Inc
The Wells life-boat Ernest Tom Neathercoat—a 37-foot Oakley—was built in 1965. She is a self-righter and is one of about 20 of her type in service with the R.N.L.I., in addition to six 48-foot 6-inch Oakley and Solent class and six 44-foot... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
With courage, nothing is impossible
The new RNLI memorial in Poole is a sculptural celebration of humanity at its best. But how did such an inspirational landmark come into being?
On a corner plot by a busy road, a metallic structure glints in the sunlight....
Category: Articles
The Sand Boat Wisbech
Broughty Ferry, Angus.—About 10.15 on the night of the 4th of February, 1957, a telephone message was received from the harbour master at Dundee that a resident in Invergourie had reported a vessel burning flares oppo- site Balmarino above...
The Fishwives of Cullercoats
THE fishwives of Cullercoats this year collected £207 at the quarterly road exercise and launch of the life-boat, in spite of bad weather. This is £68 more than in 1935 and the record collection. The fishwives have now been...
Category: Articles
The Humber Lightvessel (1)
NOVEMBER 16TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. At 11.30 in the morning the Mablethorpe coastguard asked the life-boat to put out to the Humber Lightvessel and take an injured man from it to Grimsby. A moderate north-north-east breeze was...
The Annie Crosfield
HOLYHEAD.—On the 8th May news was brought by a steamer that a three-masted schooner was wrecked on the Skerries.
The Life -boat Thomas Fielden was manned at 9 A.M., was towed by the steamer to the scene of the disaster, and...
The Biggest Single Donation Ever Received By Port Talbot Branch
The biggest single donation ever received by Port Talbot branch from the efforts of a single person is handed over by Philip Reed, a long distance swimmer. Last September he swam across Swansea Bav from Mumbles Head to Porthcawl, a distance... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs