LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Portsmouth's Atlantic 21 City of Portsmouth
Portsmouth's Atlantic 21 City of Portsmouth pictured earlier on exercise. During the service for which the Thanks on Vellum was awarded she was operating in gale force winds and a stong tide which kicked up seas so steep that she could... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Launches
Aberdeen ON-1248 Mar?.Apr1. AprlS.
Apr27, Apr30 0-538. Apr30 Abersoch B-582 Apr12.May6|x2) Aberystwyth B-704 Marl1.Apr21[x2).May5.
May10(x2|. May19. Mav24. May26 A.U:II i_i__.j Achill island ON- 1240. MaM6...
Category: Services
When Col J. T. Benn the District Organising Secretary for the Midlands Attended the Annual Meeting of the Caister-On-Sea Branch In Norfolk He Presented a Silver Badge
When Col. J. T. Benn, the District Organising Secretary for the Midlands, attended the annual meeting of the Caister-on-Sea branch in Norfolk, he presented a silver badge to Miss Alice Brown, a vice president of the Caister ladies'... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
14 Men Rescued from Greek Motor Vessel
AT 2.40 on the morning of the 22nd of October, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of the Portrush, Co. Antrim, life-boat station, Mr. W. R.
Knox, that the Greek motor vessel Argo Delos of Piraeus, a ship...
Category: Services
The Severn (Left) and Trent Classes
The Severn (left) and Trent classes will be seen in increasing numbers as they replace older classes of lifeboat. This latest geneneration of afloat boat incorporates propeller protection.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
3. Tim Hall of Bishop Skinner Marine Insurance
Tim Hall of Bishop Skinner Marine insurance brokers, who have added to seven years of valuable contributions with their latest sponsorship of the RNLI's Sea Safety: the complete guide (see page 8). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Venus and the Air Raid Balloon Ship Thora
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT THE HUMBER FEBRUARY 27TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. About three in the morning the Royal Naval Shore Signal Station on the Humber reported that a mine had exploded in the convoy anchorage north of one of the two gate...
The Last Survivor
JOHN HUBBARD, of Caister, who died on the 24th February, was the last sur- vivor of the crew of the Caister pulling and sailing life-boat which was driven back on the breakers on Caister beach, when on her way to a ship in distress, in a...
Category: Obituaries
A Steamer (28)
MAY 28TH. - BARRY DOCK, GLAMORGANSHIRE ; ILFRACOMBE, DEVON ; LYNMOUTH, DEVON ; AND MINEHEAD, SOMERSET. A large steamer had caught fire and had sunk after an explosion, but the crew were rescued by patrol vessels. - Rewards : Barry Dock,...
Ilb Launches
ILB launches on service during the months June, July and August, 1973 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire July 8.
Aberdovey, Merionethshire June 24, July 13, 21, August 3 (twice), 10, 11, 13 (twice) and 15.
Abersoch,...
Category: Services