LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
"Launch!" An Appreciation of General Seely's Book
I AM sure that readers who are not attracted by a tale of perils at sea in open boats will find much to surprise and hearten them in General Seely's " Launch ! " It is an animating book, for it has implications which involve...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Services
ON the evening of 20th January last year the Danish motor fishing vessel Opal sailed from Buckle and set a course for the Fladden fishing grounds. At about 10.30 p.m. it was discovered that the engine room was flooding. Both main bilge and...
Category: Services
Douglas Pennant
.—On the 22nd Jan- uary, the life-boat London Sunday Schools and Charles Scare was got out in conse- quence of a message stating that 4 men were to be seen on the Dulas Rocks. The boat was launched in a heavy sea, with a strong easterly wind...
Coxswain John King: Awarded a Silver Medal for Gallantry After Taking Off Five Crew from White Knight In Hurricane Force Winds
Coxswain John King: awarded a silver medal for gallantry after taking off five crew from White Knight in hurricane force winds.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sinking of Biscaya: Four Photographs Taken In Her Last Five Minutes One Minute After the First Photograph Was Taken (Left} Three Men Were Snatched from Biscaya Including
Sinking of Biscaya: four photographs taken in her last five minutes. One minute after the first photograph was taken (left} three men were snatched from Biscaya, including the Dutch crew member from salvage tug Titan.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Some Ways of Raising Money
Someone from the Vale of Glamorgan telephoned the Cardiff office to ask for a collecting box for her daughter's birthday party. She and her husband were worried by the fashion that expects bigger and bigger presents from guests invited...
Category: Donations
High Seas
More views of RNLI lifeboat stations from the air.
Lerwick - Scotland Division Lerwick, in the Shetland Isles, lies in the midst of one of the world's wildest and most unfriendly waters - severe gales can be expected...
Category: Articles
Hrh the Duke of Kent at Ramsey Paid Tribute to Lifeboat Crew Their Wives and Families
HRH The Duke of Kent at Ramsey paid tribute to lifeboat crew, their wives and iamilies. - View image in PDF
Photo Island Photographic Co. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Tempora Mutantur Et Nos Mutamur In Illis
THE almost total disappearance of the old-fashioned small sailing coaster, the place of which baa been taken by steamers, coupled with the vastly improved con- ditions under which the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland are lighted, has...
Category: Articles
(Below) the Race Horse Shore Line; Her Name Has No Connection With the Rnli But Her Owners Are Lifeboat Supporters
(Below) The race horse Shore Line; her name has no connection with the RNLI but her owners are lifeboat supporters.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs