LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
(Right) a Royal Navy Helicopter
(Right) A Royal Navy helicopter from Portland exercises with the Atlantic 21. The D class inflatable lifeboat stands by.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Capt T a C Keay
JUNE 1989 Capt T. A. C. Keay VRD** RNR, joined the committee of management in 1979 and became vice president in 1988..
Category: Obituaries
Two Yachts
New Brighton, Cheshire. At 3.55 on the afternoon of the 3rd of September, 1958, the New Brighton stageman learnt from the dredger Otterspool when she entered harbour that a small yacht was in difficulties in the Rock Channel. The motor...
Below - Have Plans for a New Class of Inshore Lifeboat Been Leaked
Below - Have plans for a new class of inshore lifeboat been leaked from the RNLI's technical office? No. this is nineyear- old Donald Morris with his entry for the Sturminster Newton Carnival. The lifeboat float was built by Donald and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Prototype of a New Life-Boat on Which the R.N.L.I, Has Been Working for More Than Two Years Was Shown to the Press at Messrs. William Osborne's Yard at Littlehampton on 19Th April, 1971.
A prototype of a new life-boat on which the R.N.L.I, has been working for more than two years was shown to the press at Messrs. William Osborne's yard at Littlehampton on 19th April, 1971. The new boat (shown here) is a selfrighter,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Insight
rescue Insight Here is just a handful of incidents from 2007 from around the UK and RoI to give an insight into the thousands of lifeboat rescues carried out each year. See pages 20–27 for rescues marked . 1 freeD frOm rOPeS aS water riSeS A...
Category: Articles
Fishing Boats and a Smack
On the llth November, while a moderate breeze was blowing from the E., some Scotch fishing-boats and a smack were seen to run aground on the Barber Sand, on which a heavy sea was breaking. The Life-boat Beauchamp put off at 6 P.M., sailed to...
Bolivar
NORWEGIAN STEAMER BREAKS IN TWO Dun Laoghaire, and Howth, Co. Dublin.
—On the 4th of March, 1947, the Norwegian motor vessel, Bolivar, of Oslo, ran aground on the northern end of the Kish Bank, seven and a half...
A Beach Out Of Reach
A beach out of reach Even strong swimmers can be caught out, struggling in sight of land. Carol Waterkeyn reports Sunday 3 June 2007 was a memorable day for all the wrong reasons. A family holiday nearly turned into a disaster when Carolyne...
Category: Articles