LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
James Bryce Allan
Mr. James Bryce Allan, who had been a member of the Committee of Management since 1930, died on the 12th of May, 1960. He had served on the Construction and General Purposes Committees of the Institution.
Mr. Allan was a...
Category: Obituaries
Taking Shipwrecked Persons from a Wreck, and Their Stowage In a Life-Boat
As the running before a heavy broken sea is the most dangerous operation which a life-boat has to perform, and its safe execu- tion may often depend, not only on the skilful management of the oars or sails and steerage, but also on the...
Category: Articles
An Inflatable Dinghy
Dinghy adrift MOELFRE'S 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat launched at 1250 on Tuesday August 20, 1985, after Holyhead coastguard reported that two divers who were working on the 100-year-old wreck of the Royal Charter were beingblown out...
Appledore June 21 1986:
Appledore, June 21, 1986: Mrs Trevor Thomas demonstrates the only way to christen an Atlantic 21. In this case it was Manchester and District No XXXII, funded by an appeal inspired by a former Lord Mayor of Manchester, Mr Trevor Thomas. The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Ladies' Life-Boat Guild and New Branches of the Institution
ALTHOUGH the progress of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild has not been as marked as we had hoped that it would be, nevertheless many Guilds have been formed, notably in the North of England and in the South-West of England; and wherever...
Category: Branches
Above and beyond
The RNLI’s new Chairman, Admiral The Lord Boyce, is well aware of the sea’s dangers, as he explains to Rory Stamp
Like many of the RNLI’s senior figures, Mike Boyce has inspected several lifeboats at close quarters....
Category: Articles
M.V. Andoni (1)
Tow by tug IN VERY BAD WEATHER on the evening of Thursday December 9, 1982, the 500 ton coaster MV Andoni suffered engine failure and anchored 2Vz miles south of Shoreham Harbour. She was seen by Coxswain Kenneth Everard of Shoreham Harbour...
Torbay: the Crew from the Cargo Vessel Majorca Are Put Ashore at Brixham
Torbay: The crew from the cargo vessel Majorca are put ashore at Brixham. At 0430 on Saturday September 18, 1982, Majorca, 20 miles south east of Straight Point, sent out a may day call; she had a list of 5 degrees and her cargo was shifting... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ilb Launches
ILB launches on service during the months September, October and November, 1973 Aberdovey, Merionethshire September 2, 29 (twice) and November 23.
Abersoch, Caernarvonshire September 14 and 29...
Category: Services
Kingston Prison In Portsmouth
People passing by Kingston Prison in Portsmouth one day in April were amazed to see the prison doors swing open and hordes of oddly dressed 'convicts' flooding out. They were all competitors in the great charity jailbreak, organised... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs