LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Buster Merryfield Alias Uncle Albert from Tv's Only Fools and Horses Drew the Winning Tickets In the Rnli's 48Th Lottery on 31 January 1990
Buster Merryfield, alias Uncle Albert from TV's Only Fools and Horses, drew the winning tickets in the RNLI's 48th lottery on 31 January 1990.
He is pictured with Anthony Oliver, the RNLI's head of fund raising,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Aboard Arwed Emminghaus a Few Technical Details Are Explained By Her Captain Rolf Hoffman Photograph By Courtesy of the Central Office of Information
Aboard Arwed Emminghaus a few technical details are explained by her captain, Rolf Hoffman. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of the Central Office of Information. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Presentation Which Stopped the Show! Eric Was There on Behalf of the House of Seagram to Present a Cheque for £10,000 to Commander F. R. H. Swann, Cbe R
The presentation which stopped the show!Eric was there on behalf of the House of Seagram to present a cheque for £10,000 to Commander F. R. H.
Swann, CBE RNVR, chairman of the Committee of Management, but he added his... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Dutch Motor Ship Ooster Haven
DECEMBER 17TH. - EXMOUTH, DEVON.
At 4.20 in the afternoon a call was received from a vessel in distress off Beer Head. A strong south-south-west wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat Catherine Harriet...
(Right) the Size of the Seas
IRight) The size of the seas sweeping Green Lily are apparent from this angle.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
of Hellens, of Alloa
On the 2nd December, the crew of the Miriam life-boat assembled and got everything in readiness for launch- ing to the assistance of the sloop Hellens, of Alloa, which was observed in the offing, off Buckie, during a severe storm from the...
Margaret, of Lancaster
On the 31st January the brigantine Margaret, of Lancaster, was driven on Dungarvan Bar during a heavy south- easterly gale. The Life-boat went off to her, but could only get within two hun- dred yards of her, for the sea on the bar was so...
The Author Wearing Rnli Visor and Helmet In the Working Section of the Wind Tunnel During These Tests With Wind and Spray Travelling at 50 Knots and the Ambient Temperat
The author wearing RNLI visor and helmet in the working section of the wind tunnel.
During these tests, with wind and spray travelling at 50 knots and the ambient temperature down near freezing, conditions were unpleasant... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Grain) Act, 1880
PERHAPS Mr. Plimsoll, in the interest of Saving Life at Sea, has done no more useful thing than pressing on the atten- tion of Parliament the necessity for addi- tional precautions and legal requirements to prevent the shifting of grain and...
Category: Articles