LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fast from a Carriage the Fast Carriage Lifeboat Takes Shape
The experimental prototype of a new design of 38ft lifeboat which is fast, yet capable of launching from a carriage, is now under construction and will begin trials in the spring. Edward Wake-Walker examines her development.THE RNLI HAS A...
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Cromer Lifeboat - H F Bailey
Cromer lifeboat - H F Bailey. - View image in PDF
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Building the Fast Slipway Lifeboat—Part II: on the Stocks
TRADITIONALLY, when building a boat in wood, the first operation is the laying down of the keel from which is built up a framework of stem, transom, bulkheads and other transverse and longitudinal members. When building a small boat in steel...
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2014: A year in numbers
In 2014, RNLI lifeboats launched 8,462 times and our busiest station was Tower on the River Thames, with 543 launches.
Volunteer lifeboat crews rescued 8,727 people – an increase from 2013’s 8,384 rescues – with 368...
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Building a Rother Class Lifeboat: Part Iv—Skeleton Hull
DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS, the work of building up the skeleton hull of the lifeboat (Fig, 1), swiftly sketched out in Part III of this article, has been progressing at William Osbornes with meticulous care. Each of the very many pieces...
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Lifeboat Services (1)
St Mary's Scilly Isles Some idea of the conditions during the Bronze Medal service by the Arun class Robert Edgarto the yacht Sacaro/ecan be gauged from these photographs. The pictures show the moment the 25ft Folkboat was overwhelmed...
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Rosslare Harbour Lifeboat Mabel Williams
Rosslare Harbour Lifeboat Mabel Williams. - View image in PDF
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Building a Rother Class Lifeboat: Part Xii—Trials
THROUGHOUT HER BUILDING a lifeboat is under the regular scrutiny of the RNLI's own hull, machinery and electronics overseers; she also receives periodic visits by Lloyd's Register of Shipping surveyors and an exceptionally high...
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Top Crew Member Alan Woods Wears the Lifeboat's Smoke Hood In the Engine Room
Top Crew member Alan Woods wears the lifeboat's smoke hood in the engine room.. - View image in PDF
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