LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Boadicea (1)
In consequence of a telegram from Margate that the Tongue lightship was tiring for assistance, the Bradford Lifeboat and steam-tug Vulcan left the harbour at midnight on the 6th December, during a fresh gale from the E.N.E., with snow and a...
In This Issue
Feature: Heart of the matter 2 The RNLI's AGM and presentation of awards Feature: Train one, save many 4 What does it take to become a crew member? Feature: Launching saves lives 7 Safe and speedy launches Lifeboats and lifeguards in...
Category: Contents
Now showing: Lifeboat Heroes
Lifeboat Heroes, the RNLI documentary shown on the History channel last April, is now available on DVD.
Ben Fogle tells the RNLI story in the main feature. The DVD also includes special extras, such as dramatic real-life...
Category: Articles
Self-Devotedness of Sailors
SELF-DEVOTEDNESS OF SAILORS.
THERE is no part of the task which in con- ducting this publication we have imposed on ourselves, from which we anticipate more satisfaction than the relation of acts of self- ilevotion and...
Category: Articles
A Dinghy
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 1.50 early on the morning of the 23rd of October, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that cries for help had been heard off Camper Road to the east of the gasworks. The weather was calm and the...
Donaghadee Lifeboat the 44Ft Waveney Arthur and Blanche Harris Set Out at 0929 on Monday January 21 to Go to the Help of the Danish Liquified Gas Carrier Regitze Tholstrup Aground North of L
Donaghadee lifeboat, the 44ft Waveney Arthur and Blanche Harris, set out at 0929 on Monday January 21 to go to the help of the Danish liquified gas carrier Regitze Tholstrup aground north of Larne Harbour in an easterly gale and very rough... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Thrills, Spills and Women Drivers
Nearly 50 women drivers proved they were just as good as the boys when they competed in a off-road driving day in May that raised £4,000 for the lifeboats. The challenging event.
organised by RNLI North West office and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the September and October Meetings of the Committee of Management
September Meeting.
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—On the 15th May, 1938, an outboard motor boat capsized about two hundred yards off shore and four and a half miles west of Clacton. A slight S.S.E. breeze was blowing, with a choppy...
Category: Services
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Trapped at cliff foot THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Borth ILB station was in the boathouse when, at 2025 on Friday August 18, 1978, he was told that two people were trapped by the tide half a mile south west of the station. The informant had...
What Are Lifeboats Made Of? By James Paffett Rcnc Ceng Frina Honfni Frsa Chairman of the Technical Consultative Committee
For modern boats there is a choice. Wood, glass reinforced plastic, steel and aluminium are all very good, well tried materials. The first three have all been used for RNLI lifeboat hulls while aluminium is used for superstructures. All have...
Category: Articles