LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Raffle Prize With a Difference: Mv Oahu
A raffle prize with a difference: MV Oahu, or at least the master of this ship, Captain Dennis Smith, decided, as part of his ship's Christmas and New Year celebrations at sea, to raffle his job for the day. The raffle raised £175... - View image in PDF
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A Naval Patrol Drifter (1)
NOVEMBER 21ST. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At about 3.55 P.M. information was received from the naval base at Brightling sea that a ship had blown up. A light westerly wind was blowing, with a slight swell. The motor life-boat Edward Z.<...
The Life-Boat Regulations
THE following Regulations are Intended for the guidance of the Local Committee to be formed at each place at which a life-boat is ; stationed by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT Is- I strrirnoif, and to whose care and control the life-boat, her crew,...
Category: Committee
Three Years of War.
In three years of war our life-boats have rescued 4775 lives. They have rescued more lives in these three years of war than in the last thirteen years of peace. In the four years of the last war they rescued 19 lives every week. In the...
Category: Articles
Mrs. E. Leeming
The Institution has suffered a severe loss by the death on February 2oth of Mrs. Eva Leeming, organising secretary for Greater London. She was appointed assistant organising secretary in 1926. In 1935 she became joint organising secretary,...
Category: Articles
Cover Picture
COVER PICTURE by Maggie Murray The four Bronze Medallists arrive at the Festival Pier before the Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards. Full details in the report on page 194 in this issue.
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The Underwater Shape of the Tyne Class Hull Is Well Illustrated During a Capsize Trial Note the Soft Round Bilges Deep Fine Bow and the Propellers Recessed Into Shallow
The underwater shape of the Tyne class hull is well illustrated during a capsize trial. Note the soft, round bilges, deep, fine bow and the propellers recessed into shallow tunnels and protected by long skegs.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Rnli Medina 35' Rigid Hull on Which the 31In Diameter Inflatable Sponson Will Be Mounted Has a Long Fine Bow Which Cuts Cleanly Through the Crests Waves Her Sheer Is Bold Giving Her Con
The RNLI Medina 35's rigid hull, on which the 31in diameter inflatable sponson will be mounted, has a long, fine bow which cuts cleanly through the crests of waves. Her sheer is bold, giving her considerable reserve buoyancy.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Rescue By Breeches Buoy
The Jacob George ashore at Eyemouth, Berwickshire, 4th' February, 1936. (See page 78).. - View image in PDF
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A Piece of D Action
RNLI Director, Andrew Freemantle, is always keen to get in the thick of it and get his hands dirty - and recently he got thrown about and drenched when he tried his hand at shearwater rafting.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs