LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Roger Takes to the Streets In the 150 lb Diving Suit
Roger Takes To The Streets In The 150 lb Diving Suit. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Throughout the Summer of Maritime England Year the Marquess of Bath
Throughout the summer of Maritime England Year the Marquess of Bath displayed his collection of tiny Channel Is/and cowrie shells in two huge glass urns in the Great Hall at Longleat. Visitors making a voluntary contribution to the RNLI were... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Lifeboat's 500th Issue By Norman Hicks
MILESTONE IN HISTORY OF THE JOURNAL' RNU magazine's 500th issueLONDON lay beneath a blanket of snow and the normal clatter of carriages pulling up outside 20 John Street, Adelphi (just off The Strand) was muffled by its glistening...
Category: Articles
The Training Ketch Warspite and Sea Hog
Cullercoats, Northumberland. At 2.55 on the afternoon of the 4th of October, 1959, the police at Whitley Bay told the honorary secretary that a ketch was in difficulties off Table Rocks in Whitley Bay. Eight minutes later the life-boat Isaac...
The Greek Freighter Athina B. (1)
Twenty-six rescued HM COASTGUARD at Shoreham MRSC telephoned the honorary secretary of Shoreham Harbour lifeboat station at 0817 on Monday January 21 asking that the lifeboat be placed on standby; a merchant vessel, the 3,500-ton Greek...
The Naval Patrol Boat M.F.V. 291
AUGUST 9TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.
DOWN. At nine at night the Bangor coastguard telephoned that a vessel was calling for help half a mile west of the Copeland Islands. A light variable wind was blowing, with a slight sea. The...
Sunderland: GRANGETOWN PRIMARY HIT THE SURF
Last autumn, Year 4, 5 and 6 children from Grangetown Primary School in Sunderland enjoyed a Hit the Surf session with RNLI volunteers at Seaburn Beach. After a safety talk about flags and currents, they donned wetsuits and split into two...
Category: Articles
December Passage. The Journey of the St. Albans from Cowes to New Quay
By Commander E. W. Middleton, V.R.D., R.N.V.R., Western District Inspector of Life-boats BY some unfortunate chance, new lifeboats seem to make a habit of being ready for delivery during the winter months. But one can experience good weather...
Category: Articles
The Latvian Steamer Helena Faulbaums (1)
Port Askaig, Isle of Islay, and Barra Island, Hebrides.—On the night of the 26th October the Latvian steamer Helena Faulbaums, of Riga, bound light from Liverpool to Blyth, was caught in a sudden and exceptionally severe storm near Jura...
The Fishing Factory Ship Cornelius Vrolijk
Saved 21 GALWAY BAY LIFEBOAT, the 48ft 6in Solent R. Hope Roberts slipped her moorings at 0715 on Sunday, November 9, 1986, after the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Shannon had alerted the station honorary secretary to the plight of...