LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Fishing Smacks Border Queen and Jane
GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.—During a gale of wind from the N.W. and a rough sea, on the 24th December, the fishing-smacks Border Queen and Jane, of Annan, arrived off the harbour, and as it was evident that they would incur considerable risk in...
An Inland School and the Life-Boats
THE District Organizing Secretary in the Midlands recently visited the school at Alderwasley, in Derbyshire, to present a certificate won by a pupil of the school in this year's essay competition ; it is a remote village of a few hundred...
Category: Articles
IRB Launches. Rescues by IRB's in August were Carried out by the Following Stations
Rescues by IRB's in August were carried out by the following stations: NORTH WEST Moelfre, Anglesey - At 9.28 a.m. on 16th August, 1967, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a boat was in difficulties in Red Wharf bay. The IRB...
Category: Services
Below Decks (This Is Looking Through the Engine Room) the Additional Size of the Prototype Is Obvious - As Is the Amount of Plumbing Piping and Wiring Needed to Pro
Below decks (this is looking through the engine room) the additional size of the prototype is obvious - as is the amount of plumbing, piping and wiring needed to provide a reliable All-weather lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Relief Boat Fair Isle
Arranmore, Co. Donegal. At 1.15 on the afternoon of the 15th of March, 1960, a message was received from Tory Island lighthouse that the relief boat Fair Isle, which had left Bunbeg at 8.30, had not arrived. The life-boat W. M. Tilson put...
David (Dave) Cargill Mbe,
November 1998 David (Dave) Cargill MBE, Arbroath ex-mechanic. Dave joined the RNLI as as mechanic in 1973 a position he held for 22 years. He was awarded the MBE in 1995..
Category: Obituaries
The Oldest Life-Boat Collector
BY the death of Mr. Webster Hoare, of St. Albans, on 20th October, the Institution has lost its oldest collector.
Mr. Hoare was nearly 87, and for nearly 30 years had collected for the Institution.
On...
Category: Obituaries
The Norwegian Fishing Boat Reform
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides. At 9.50 on the evening of 27th April, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the Norwegian fishing boat Reform, with an injured man aboard, fifty miles north-north-west of Barra Head, had...
Held Up at the Lights...
Transporting a 17m Severn hull from the moulders to the fitting-out yard isn't easy at the best of times - but everyone could have done without this particular problem! With the route planned to the last detail and a police escort the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Oil Rig Neptune I
Scarborough and Teesmouth, Yorkshire - On i6th November, 1966 the Scarborough life-boat J. G. Graves of SJieffield and the Teesmouth life-boat Sarah Jane and James Season were launched to stand by the oil rig Neptune I.
A...