LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Boats
Filey, Yorkshire.—At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 25th of October, 1954, the life-boat motor mechanic reported that a strong westerly wind was blowing and there was a heavy swell. Local fishing boats were at sea, and at 11.34 the...
A Pirate Invasion of the Trent Navigation Inn Was Part of the Pub's Lifeboat Day Which Raised £100 Here Donclarke the Event's Organiser Hands Over a Cheque for the Takings to Mr C G Pole Ca
A pirate invasion of the Trent Navigation Inn was part of the pub's lifeboat day which raised £100. Here, DonClarke, the event's organiser, hands over a cheque for the takings to Mr C. G. Pole Carew, High Sheriff of Nottingham... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Present Life-Boat House and Slipway Were Built on the Beach a Mile from Wells Because of the North Winds. Also Shown Is the New Inshore Rescue Boat House. the Photograph (Below) Is of Th
The present life-boat house and slipway were built on the beach a mile from Wells because of the north winds.
Also shown is the new inshore rescue boat house. The photograph (below) is of the memorial on the quay at Wells... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Boxmoor and Hemel Hcmpstead Branch Introduced An Auction of Small Antiques Into Its Annual Wine and Cheese Party This Year Eighty Lots Ranging from Antique Can
Boxmoor and Hemel Hcmpstead branch introduced an auction of small antiques into its annual wine and cheese party this year.
Eighty lots, ranging from antique candlesticks to sets of knives and forks, were put under the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sea Food:
Sea food: members of Largs Junior Chamber of Commerce appear remarkably unconcerned by what is clearly a severe case of rising damp during a recent dinner staged on the slipway of the lifeboat station. This chilling experience, devised... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Six Times One:
Six times one: John Spivey of Iver, Bucks, was wearing his Shoreline sweater recently on the day he scored a hole in one during a golf tournament. It was, unbelievably, the sixth hole in one of his golfing career and one thing that pleased... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Pooch in a pouch
4 September 2012: An unfortunate dog, which had fallen to the bottom of cliffs at Salton Bay, was rescued by St Bees inshore lifeboat. Crew Member Dale Rockery swam ashore to retrieve the frightened pet from a...
Category: Articles
Jenny
Beam trawler ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1977, at 2132, the 23-ton beam trawler Jenny reported on Channel 16 VHP that she was in difficulty and unable to manoeuvre in heavy weather some eight miles south south east of Nab...
Rnli Medina 35 from Page 19
from page 19 modern lifeboat engines, so that they will continue to operate normally after a capsize. Access is by watertight hatches and ample ventilation trunks keep the engine room unusually cool; these trunks go right down to the bottom...
Category: Articles
£53,000 Damage.
In three years of war the life-boat service has not gone undamaged by enemy action. Of nineteen of its life-boats which took part in the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Dunkirk in May and June, 1940, one, the Hythe boat, never returned, and...
Category: Articles