LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Star, of Colchester
At 4.30 A.M. on the 5th December the barge Star, of Colchester, bound from Hull to Poole, was driven ashore at Winthorpe Gap, on the Lincoln- shire coast, during a fresh gale at E., with snow falling heavily. The Life-boat Henry Ingram, was...
Holyhead: the Duke of Kent Accompanied By Mr G M Burnell Station Honorary Secretary Meets Crew Members' Wives and Children Photograph By Courtesy of J C Davies
Holyheud: The Duke of Kent, accompanied by Mr G. M. Burnell, station honorary secretary, meets crew members' wives and children . . . - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of J. C. Davies. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Collisions at Sea. The Loss of the Princess Alice
THE year 1878 will long be remembered by the inhabitants of London as the year in which the passenger steamer Princess Alice was sunk in the Thames by collision with the Bywell Castle, with the loss of more than 600 persons, out of about 850...
Category: Articles
Bookshelf
Lifeboat station histories The Story of the Littlehampton lifeboats.
(updated 2nd edition) by Jeff Morris published by the author This volume is an updated second edition of one of a popular series of booklets produced by...
Category: Articles
Measurements Giving the Fore and Ajt Positions of All Transverse Members—Moulds Bulkheads and Timbers—Are Brought Down from Building Batten to Hog By Plumb Line
Measurements giving the fore and ajt positions of all transverse members—moulds, bulkheads and timbers—are brought down from building batten to hog by plumb line.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fig 3: Mahogany Filler Chocks Fitted to Longitudinals Between Timbers Are Individually Shaped to Take Up Fore and Aft Curve of Hull
Fig. 3: Mahogany filler chocks fitted to longitudinals between timbers are individually shaped to take up fore and aft curve of hull.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Right When You Are Busy With One Task-Retrieving a Survivor for Example - Is the Worst Time to Suffer An Emergency
Right When you are busy with one task-retrieving a survivor for example - is the worst time to suffer an emergency.
Coxswain Eric Ward (front) and Mechanic Tommy Cocking from St Ives get to grips with an un-cooperative... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Barnett (Twin-Screw) Motor Life-Boat
From a drawing by Mr. S. W. Clatmorthy, presented to the Institution by the artist, and reproduced by permission of The Graphic.
THE BARNETT (TWIN-SCREW) MOTOR LIFE-BOAT.
60 feet by 15 feet. Fitted...
Category: Drawings
August (1)
AUGUST MEETING LANNERCOMBE, SALCOMBE, DEVON. About 7.30 in the evening of the 9th July, 1940, the Latvian steamer Talvaldis was attacked by enemy aeroplanes off Start Point. The weather was moderate. The Salcombe motor life-boat was called...
Category: Services
Irb Launches on Service During the Months March, April and May 1971
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire Aberdovey, Merionethshire Abersoch, Caernarvonshire Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire Amble, Northumberland Atlantic College, Glamorganshire Bangor, Co. Down Barmouth, Merionethshire Barrow, Lancashire Bembridge, Isle of...
Category: Services