LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Collisions. The "Avalanche" and "Forest."
ANOTHER of those maritime disasters has occurred which only too frequently serve to remind us that travelling on the sea is still attended with greater danger than travelling by land.
This time it is a collision between...
Category: Articles
Visitors
Visits by French, Dutch and Spanish delegations, on behalf of their respective lifeboat societies, took place in November and January.
The Netherlands delegation, headed by the Director of the North and South Holland...
Category: Articles
Temple Insurance
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Category: Advertisement
The Barry Dock Glamorganshire 44-Foot Steel Life-Boat Arthur and Blanche Harris Alongside the Grounded MV Amalia at Nash Point on 21st May 1969 the Vessel Had Gr
The Barry Dock, Glamorganshire, 44-foot steel life-boat Arthur and Blanche Harris alongside the grounded m.v. Amalia at Nash Point on 21st May, 1969. - View image in PDF
The vessel had grounded in fog.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mechanic's medal
‘ He risked his life to get us out’
When two young people found themselves trapped in a cave facing a surging, rising tide, would anyone be able to find them – and get them to safety?
The afternoon of 5...
Category: Articles
Safety In Numbers
Congratulations! Thanks to the hard work and dedication of the RNLI's supporters the lifeboat service is now on an extremely sound financial footing, and looks set to continue that way. Twenty years ago things were far from rosy, but...
Category: Articles
Ben Tart of Dungeness
Ben Tart of Dungeness We are sad to report the death of Ben Tart, one of the most well-known lifeboat coxswains of the East coast, who gave some 50 years service to the RNLI.
Born in Dungeness in January 1915, Ben followed...
Category: Obituaries
People and Places
Comedian Les Dennis, who was appearing in 'Don't Dress for Dinner' at the Pier Theatre in Bournemouth, drew the winning tickets of the RNLI's 62nd national lottery at the Pier Approach on 31 July...
Category: Articles
The Recent Experiments at the South Foreland With Lighthouse Illuminants
THE experiments -with lighthouse illu- minants -which have been in progress at the South Foreland for twelve months, under a Committee of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, were brought to a conclusion in March last, and the Report was...
Category: Articles
This Is Red House Lugger In a Force 11 In the North Sea.
This is Red House Lugger in a Force 11 in the North Sea. - View image in PDF
It could have been you. - View image in PDF
Photo Peter Foskett, Assistant Mechanic Lowestott lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs