LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Working With a Helicopter
Working with a helicopter demands precision, and overcoming the racket and spray from the rotor's downwash. Plugged in to the lifeboat's intercom Charlie Hodson gives the chopper the green flag to come in (left), and the winchman... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Blossom
Amble, Northumberland.—At 7.30 on the evening of the 12th of July, 1956, the coastguard reported that the fish- ing vessel Blossom, of Wick, had broken down in Druridge Bay. The life-boat City of Bradford II, on temporary duty at the station...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 15th September, 1932.
Sir GODFREY BABIKQ, Bt., in the chair.
Passed a Vote of Thanks to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., for his kindness in attending the Inaugural Ceremony of the new motor...
Category: Committee
Magic moments
They have helped Harry Potter out of a few scrapes on the big screen – but what real lifesaving antics have cinema’s favourite twins been getting up to?
Filmgoers have been under Harry Potter’s...
Category: Articles
Past and Present
25 years ago From the pages of THE LIFEBOAT, June 1965 issue SIX NEW STEEL LIFEBOATS After intensive trials extending over nearly a year the Institution has decided, in principle, to build six 44- foot steel life-boats. They will be to the...
Category: Articles
None (1)
Brighton and Shoreham lifeboat crews joined forces to assist fire officers during a fire that gutted the south end of Brighton's West Pier on 28 March 2003 The fire was raging out of control on the pier, with no way for fire teams to...
Lifeboat Services from Page 82
from page 82 ties, exhausted by the strength of the tide and the coldness of the water. He towed them to Cowloe Rocks, which were much nearer than the shore, and told them to clamber over the top to the shoreward side while he paddled his...
Category: Services
Healthspan
Healthspan for a Healthy Lifespan 'Advanced' Nutrition - Superior Quality - Lowest Prices Healthspan's leading nutritionists bring you all the best 'advances' in the science of nutrition, such as gelatin-free capsules,...
Category: Advertisement
Glencoe, Mistley, Cambria, Decima, Nelson,Verona and Houston City
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT SOUTHEND - ON - SEA DECEMBER 6-11TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. The gale of the 5th of December, in which the motor life-boat Greater London (Civil Service No. 3) had been out for five hours and had towed in a...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—The large Life- boat on this station, having become through frequent use, unfit for further service, has been replaced by a new boat, which, like the one it superseded, has been named the Covent Garden, in acknow- ledgement...
Category: Articles