LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Firm and Triple A.
Short but effective service by D class saves fiveThe RNLFs Chief of Operations has written to the crew of Burry Port's D class inflatable lifeboatcommending the quick, positive thinking by the helmsman, good seamanship and boat handling...
Rfd-Gq Ltd
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY AT SEA? RFD 'Z' boats are extensively used by RIMLI for inshore rescue work.
Specially developed for rough weather conditions with a large reserve of built in...
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Roaring water
Two fishermen faced the reality of the most dangerous profession as they drifted off Co Cork
Just before 9am on Wednesday 22 June, as many of the lifeboat and shore volunteers of Baltimore were...
Category: Articles
Nancy
Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 10.10 on the night of the 1st of July, 1959, a report was received that flares had been seen off Black Rocks, Penmon. At 10.25 the life-boat Field Marshal and Mrs. Smuts was launched in a rough sea. There was a...
Frangipani
Sick yachtsman rescued in Gale force winds and 15ft seasJohn Hartland, 42, helmsman of the Withernsea inshore lifeboat has been awarded the Institution's Bronze Medal for bravery following the landing of a sick yachtsman in extreme and...
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
IN connexion with the Rye Harbour Life-boat disaster on 10th November, when the whole of the Crew, seventeen in number, lost their lives, Memorial Certificates have been awarded—in addition to the pensions and allowances mentioned...
Category: Awards
The Life-Boat Exhibition at Charing Cross Underground Station May 18th—June 5th, 1933
The Life-Boat Exhibition at Charing Cross Underground Station May 18th-June 5th, 1933. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Alice
Disaster to the Rye Life-boat.
The Whole Crew Drowned.
THE worst disaster which has fallen on the Life-boat Service for many years occurred on 15th November. It fell with crushing weight on the gallant...
Mary Jane
Workington, Cumberland.—At 7.40 on the evening of the 23rd of January, 1955, a man reported that he had seen red Very lights off the entrance to the harbour. At 7.50 the life-boat Manchester and Salford XXIX put out. The sea was calm, there...
Two Sisters
FISHING BOAT TOWED TO HARBOUR Workington, Cumberland. At 7.30 on the evening of the 3rd March, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secietary that red flares had been seen north-east of Maryport. The life-boat Manchester and Salford...