LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Fundraisers
Steeley determination! A donation of £25,000 was recently presented to John Clugston, chairman of the South Bank Committee Humber lifeboat appeal by Stuart Pettifor, managing director of British Steel (Sections, Plates and Commercial...
Category: Articles
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
THE MEDAL R0YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, PRESERVATION OP LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Obverse.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, " L. C. Wyon." Double legend, " Royal National...
Category: Medals
Girvan - Scotland Division
Flanked by gardens and pathways, a sheltered and colourful harbour at the mouth of the winding water of Girvan is the base of a fishing fleet. The harbour is also home to Girvan sailing club and boats can be hired by sea... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Rescue Party Waits to Take An Injured Man from Aboard the Teignmouth Lifeboat to Hospital.
A rescue party waits to take an injured man from aboard the Teignmouth lifeboat to hospital. The man had fallen down cliffs on 18 March at Ansley's Cove in Torquay and suffered a broken ankle. He was carried a further 30ft to the base of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Well Dressed:
Well dressed: the Derbyshire custom of well dressing is alive and well in Monyash, near Bakewell. This lifeboat theme was discovered by reader, Ernest Bidwell, who also spotted a collecting box in aid of the RNLI nearby. The designs which... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Brookes & Gatehouse
HECTA echo sounder Model RS obtains the best of both worlds by using the rotating lamp system of display (with bright, everlasting light-emitting diodes) in the instrument case and a meter for the cockpit repeater. Hecta RS has a powerful 10...
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Mfv 'southern Scott Stranded on Old Bath's Beach Just to the North East of Peel Harbour Isle of Man In the Early Hours of March 29 Was By Morning Being Driven Further Aground By North West
MFV 'Southern Scott, stranded on Old Bath's Beach just to the north east of Peel Harbour, Isle of Man, in the early hours of March 29, was by morning being driven further aground by north west gale force winds and pounded by heavy... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Lifeboat Fleet
Station Aberdeen Aberdovey Abersoch Aberystwyth Aith Aldeburgh Alderney Amble Amble Angle Anstruther Appledore Arbroath Arbroath Arklow Arran Arranmore Atlantic College Ballycotton Ballyglass Baltimore Bangor Barmouth Barra Island Barrow...
Category: Articles
Brookes & Gatehouse Ltd
Over fifty R.N.L.I.
life boats are now equipped with HECTA echo sounders The HECTA Echo-sounder is designed for indefinite use in open cockpits. It's simple meter-type display provides a very clear indication of depth...
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Peace
LOWESTOFT.—The coxswain of the Life-boat Stock Exchange was informed on the 29th January, that a smack was ashore near the extension pier at the mouth of the harbour. A strong breeze was blowing from the S.S.W., and there was a very heavy...