LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Richard Oakley, MBE, MRINA
A new tvpe of lifeboat, known as the Oakley tvpe, came into the service of the Institution in the summer of 1958.
She is 37 feet in length and has a beach weight of 9.12 tons. She is, therefore, light enough to be...
Category: Obituaries
The S.S. Vic 67
Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 1.5 in the afternoon of the 31st of March, 1948, the coastguard reported that a small steamer in New Harbour had signalled on her whistle for help. The motor life-boat A.E.D. left her moorings at 1.20 in a southerly...
The Cardiff Life-Boat Ball
In the front row are the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Cardiff and the Mayor and Mayoress of Newport, and immediately behind them Colonel Watts Morgan, M.P., the Chief Constable of Cardiff and Captain P. H.
Morrish,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Adur II, of Liverpool (1)
AUGUST 10TH. - CLOVELLY, AND APPLEDORE, DEVON. At three in the afternoon the Hartland Point coastguard telephoned to the Clovelly life-boat station that a small tug had foundered a mile northwest of the point. A moderate north-west breeze...
For Converting Solar Energy Into Electrical Power a Solar Battery Charger Made By Lucas CAV Marine Seen Here Fitted on Cabin Top of a H Moody's Carbineer 46 Mo
For converting solar energy into electrical power, a solar battery charger made by Lucas C.A.V. Marine, seen here fitted on cabin top of A. H. Moody's Carbineer 46 motor sailer. A ray of hope—from light—for the future ?. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
While Trying to Help the Yachtsmen
While trying to help the yachtsmen the inflatable dinghy was capsized. The two lifeboatmen who had been manning her and one of Melfort's crew, swept down to Derby Haven breakwater, were successfully lifted from the sea by the crew of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Motor Fishing Coble Hilda (2)
Scarborough, Yorkshire. — Two days later the Hilda was again in need of help. At 5 o'clock in the evening of the 19th of January, 1949, the coast- guard telephoned that she was overdue, and later reported that a trawler was standing by...
HRH the Duke of Kent President of the Rnli Visits South Wales
HRH The Duke of Kent President of the Rnli Visits South Wales. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Portrait on the Cover
The portrait on the cover is of Second-coxswain William J. Bailey, of Walmer, Kent. He joined the crew in 1917 at the age of twenty-four. He was appointed bowman in 1942, and second-coxswain in 1945..
Category: Articles
(Below) Sir Samuel Kelly a 46' 9" Watson the Gift of Lady Mary Kelly of Crawfordsburn County Down Arrives on Station In May 1950 at That Time Her Midships Cockpit Was
(Below) Sir Samuel Kelly, a 46' 9" Watson, the gift of Lady Mary Kelly of Crawfordsburn, County Down, arrives on station in May 1950. At that time her midships cockpit was open; an enclosed wheelhouse has since been... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs