LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Torpedo Boat Destroyer Wolf
At 12.30 A.M. on the 27th February the watchman re- ported that a vessel was ashore on the Inner Binks. A strong S.S.W. gale prevailed at the time with a heavy sea, and the Life-boat was promptly launched. As it was impossible to reach...
The Life-Boat Service In 1950
THERE were 603 launches of life-boats to the rescue in 1950, only 36 below the record number in 1949—and life-boats rescued 381 lives. Ninety-one lives were rescued by shore-boats, for which the rescuers were rewarded by the Institution,...
Category: Articles
The Arun Class Is the Most Numerous of the RNLI's All-Weather Lifeboats.
The Arun class is the most numerous of the RNLI's all-weather lifeboats.
Designed to lie afloat on a mooring 46 boats were built between 1971 and 1990 for use in every Division.
Although some changes... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Rustoer and the S.S. Challenger
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. — At 10 A.M. on the 24th January, during a strong S.E. gale with a very rough sea, the s.s. Rustoer, of Glasgow, was dragging her anchor and drifting off the pier. Only the captain and a boy were aboard her. The...
The Aberdeen Life-Boat In Tow
Both photographs were taken by Mr. J. P. Grant, inspector o{ machinery, from the fourth lifeboat in the convoy, the Lowestoft motor life-boat, on the passage from Ramsgate to Lowestoft.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Robert Watson Boyd
TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND. — As the s.s. Robert Watson Boyd, of North Shields, coal laden for Constantinople, was going to sea at about 7 A.M. on the 22nd March, her steering gear broke down, she became unmanageable, and drifted on to the...
Hortensia, of Hanover
On the night of the 27th March the schooner Hor- tensia, of Hanover, drove ashore on the North Steel Rocks, near Boulmer. The Boulmer life-boat was soon launched through a high surf, and proceeded to the rescue of.
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Operational Districts of the R.N.L.I.
OPERATIONAL DISTRICTS OF THE R.NL.I.
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Category: Charts
Leader, of Harwich
On the 4th February the smack Leader, of Harwich, was wrecked off Thorpeness in a very heavy sea. The Ips- wich life-boat was soon launched and taken alongside the vessel. All the crew had abandoned her except the master, and had been picked...
Porth, of Padstow
ST. AGNES, SCILLY ISLANDS.—A smack being observed in a disabled condition during a whole gale from the N.E. at 4.30 P.M. on the 10th March, was carefully watched, and as it appeared certain that she would run ashore, the Life-boat James and...