LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
1975: (Left) End of the Afternoon Tea In the Royal Festival Hall Foyer from Workington Bronze Medallist Coxswain Albert Brown and His Wife Margaret With Captain
. . . 1975: (left) end of the afternoon, tea in the Royal Festival Hall foyer. From Workington, bronze medallist Coxswain Albert Brown and his wife Margaret with Captain David Thomas (I.), station honorary secretary.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dinner to the Ramsgate Life-Boat Men
(From Pullen's Kent Argus, 1st Dec., 1888.) THE triennial dinner to Ramsgate Lifeboat men, the expenses of which are defrayed by the interest of 200Z. left by the late Admiral Sir George Back, F.B.S., took place on the 29th November, at...
Category: Articles
The Faroese Fishing Smack Else
Wick, Caithness-shire. At 7.30 on the morning of the 9th of January, 1961, a message was received that a vessel was on fire off Duncansby Head. There was a light north-easterly breeze with a slight sea, and it was almost low water. At eight...
Life-Boat Rescue from the Land
THE Motor Life-boat at Wexford in Ireland has had the curious experience of rescuing a man from the land.
For many years the Wexford Life- boat Station was situated at the end of Rosslare Point, a spit several miles long...
Category: Services
The R.N.L.I. Inshore Rescue Boat at St. Donat's With Other Inflatable Craft
The RNLI Inshore Rescue Boat at St Donat's With Other Inflatable Craft. - View image in PDF
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'Never Mind Your New York Welcome, Your Mum's Got One Waiting For You on the Beach!'
This cartoon by Jak appeared at the height of the Tinkerbelle excitement.
Category: Drawings
Bottom. the Dutch Lifeboat Service
Bottom. The Dutch lifeboat service operates a number of large rigid inflatables, this is the Johannes Frederic class which is capable of 36 knots.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Ribble Estuary Carries Heavy Traffic Here the Local Life-Boat the Sarah Townsend Porritt
The Ribble estuary carries heavy traffic. Here the local life-boat, the Sarah Townsend Porritt, which was built in 1951, is shown against a familiar background.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Surf Life Saving Story
An everyday scene which even the complacent Australian cannot take for granted is the surf boat crews battling their way through the wildest surf. They make an unforgettable sight on the shoreward run with the five-man crew crowded at the...
Category: Articles
Faced With the Problem of Transporting a 35Ft Mast Ten Miles from Venton to the Yacht He Is Building at Oreston Peter Compton Turned the Exercise Into a Fund-Raising
Faced with the problem of transporting a 35ft mast ten miles from Venton to the yacht he is building at Oreston, Peter Compton turned the exercise into a fund-raising event. The sponsored marchers, who raised £125 for Plymouth lifeboat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs