LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The American Tanker Tillamook
DECEMBER 4TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE.
A salvage officer had wished to board the American tanker Tillamook, which had gone ashore. but the invasion defences prevented the life-boat from getting alongside. - No expense...
The Life-Boat
The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of a 34 feet by 7i feet self-righting boat. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view, the shaded part showing that devoted to the air-cases, which give extra buoyancy...
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The Margate Motor Life-Boat on Her Way to Calais
(Left to right: Mr. T. W. Gomm, Honorary Secretary; Mrs. Gomm; the Mayor of Deal; the Town Clerk of Deal.). - View image in PDF
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Sixteen Men Rescued from Wreck
ON the 26th of April, 1955, the S.S.
Germania, of Piraeus, ran ashore to the east of Beachy Head. During the next ten days a number of salvage boats went out to her, and at 4.30 on the afternoon of the 6th of May Coxswain...
Category: Services
The Coningbeg Lightvessel
WENT TO LIGHTVESSEL Kilmore, Co. Wexford. At n a.m.
on I2th July, 1964, the Irish Lights Office requested the use of the life-boat to bring ashore a member of the crew of the Coningbeg lightvessel who was ill. It was...
The Diving Boat Missy
DIVING BOAT TOWED AFTER BEING BEACHED Hastings, Sussex. At 11.10 on the morning of the 26th July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the diving boat Missy, on passage from Newhaven to Hastings, had developed a serious...
Peterhead's Crew, Bring Her Home
Peterhead's crew, in their red'passage kit', bring their new lifeboat home, accompanied by fellow volunteers onboard the craft she is to replace. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The John F. Kennedy
The new 44-foot steel life-boat John F. Kennedy which is to be based at Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, on trials off Lowestoft, Suffolk, where she was built by Brooke Marine Ltd. Five other 44-foot life-boats for the R.N.L.I, will be... - View image in PDF
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The Platform Party After the Life-Boat Naming Ceremony at Kilmore Quay Co Wexford Republic of Ireland on 10th June 1972 By Mrs Brian Lenihan In the Presence Of
The platform party after the life-boat naming ceremony at Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford, Republic of Ireland, on 10th June, 1972, by Mrs, Brian Lenihan, in the presence of the Minister for Transport and Power.
A 37-foot Oakley... - View image in PDF
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Twice Wrecked In One Day
A MAN named WILLIAMS had two extraordinary escapes from shipwreck off Tuskar, on the 30th of April last. It appears that the new clipper schooner, George, Captain CRASS, which lately brought over the first cargo produce from Laird's Town...
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