LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Artist Tony Hart of Bbc Tv's 'Vision On' Programme Spent Almost Two Hours Making Lightning Sketches at a Coffee Morning Organised By Guildford Branch In the City's
Artist Tony Hart of BBC TV's 'Vision On' programme spent almost two hours making lightning sketches at a coffee morning organised by Guildford branch in the city's Guildhall last September. The sketches were sold for £1... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
WEXFORD, IRELAND.—The No. 1 (large) Life-boat, placed at Wexford about four- teen years since, having become unfit for further service, it was replaced by the Institution in November, 1871—a very fine boat, 40 feet long and 10 feet wide,...
Category: Articles
Conwy: Best foot forward from Ysgol Aberconwy
In October, volunteers from Conwy Lifeboat Station were presented with a cheque for £1,721.20 by pupils from Ysgol Aberconwy. The children at the local secondary school, which sits on the banks of the River Conwy, chose the RNLI as...
Category: Articles
A Hint to the Swimmer How to Save a Man's Life
To THE EDITOR OF THE LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL.
SIR,—Many years ago, in India, I was walking home from mess on a darkish, night; I was dressed in uniform, and had on boots, spurs, and straps. As I passed a good sized tank, or...
Category: Correspondence
The Salvors of Property on the English Coasts
« Oh! wad some Power the glftle gie us To see oursels as others see us, It wad frae mony a blunder free us." Burns.
THERE is no community, and perhaps no single individual, who may not derive advantage from the...
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In September 1969 the RNLI Placed Its First Order for New Fast Boats to Be Built With Grp (Glass Reinforced Plastic) Hulls Known As the Mclachlan the Initial Batch W
In September, 1969, the R.N.L.I, placed its first order for new fast boats to be built with GRP (glass reinforced plastic) hulls. Known as the McLachlan, the initial batch was built by Messrs.
William Osborne Ltd. at... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cover Picture
COVER PICTURE November 17, 1974, and all is quiet at Wells-next-the-sea: Wells 37' Oakley lifeboat, Ernest Tom Nethercoat, moored at the quay, waits to be rehoused after launching on service the previous evening. After a report of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rnli news
NEWS POINT HURRICANE HEROES For those who lived through it, the hurricane which hit the south and south east coasts of England during the early hours of October 16 last will forever be imprinted on their memories.
None more...
Category: Articles
When a Child Became Sick Aboard the Educational Cruise Ship Dunera In July, 1966, She Altered Course to Rendezvous With the Lowestoft Life-Boat Three Miles Off The Coast
When a child became sick aboard the educational cruise ship Dunera in July, 1966, she altered course to rendezvous with the Lowestoft life-boat three miles off the coast. - View image in PDF
The service is reported on page 247.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Launch at Aldeburgh In 1872
The Pulling and Sailing Life-boat " George HounsfieU." She served from 1870-1890, and rescued 99 lives. - View image in PDF
She is still at Aldeburgh, and is used as a store on the beach.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs