LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Boats (2)
FISHING BOATS ADRIFT Valentia, Co. Kerry.—During a north- west gale with a rough sea on the 23rd of April, 1947, several fishing boats broke adrift. One drifted towards the mainland and was in danger of being wrecked. The motor life-boat...
Long Service to Oil Tanker
WHEN the 61,000 ton Liberian tanker Torrey Canyon went aground on the Seven Stones on the 18th March, 1967, two life-boats were called out. Both spent many hours at sea.
The first report to reach a life-boat station came...
Category: Services
Speed Boats, Dinghies, Canoes, Yachts, Cabin Cruisers and a Trimaran
Poole is one of the RNLI's busiest lifeboat stations with a 'patch' which contains some of the best beaches on the South Coast and the world's second largest natural harbour. Although the harbour is sheltered, it is packed...
Fast Slipway Boat 2
Although we are well into the project, there will inevitably be many changes to the boat before it enters service (many of which we are planning already), so don't be surprised if the FSB2 delivered to station m 2005 looks a little...
Category: Articles
Ard Carna (2)
Overdue THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND motor fishing vessel Ard Carna put out from Greencastle, Lough Foyle, on Thursday April 28 to fish white fish. She had a crew of five and was expected back on the Friday or Saturday. At 2200 on Saturday April...
Book Review
S.O.S. The Story of the Life-boat Service. ByCyrilJolly. (Cassell, 12s. 6d.) Mr. Jolly has already written the life of Coxswain Henry Blogg, of Cromer.
Here he tells the story of the life-boat service. His book is...
Category: Articles
French Assistance to British Wrecks
HER MAJESTY'S Consul at Boulogne has addressed a letter to the Earl of Clarendon, relative to the services rendered by Generals de Courtigis and Borelli, and their troops, to British vessels recently wrecked near that port. Four British...
Category: Articles
2007: The Experimental FCB2 Is Unveiled – The Future Face Of Carriage-Launched All-Weather Lifeboats?
2007: the experimental FcB2 is unveiled – the future face of carriage-launched all-weather lifeboats? Photo: Tony Roddam. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Steamers Oxshott, Deerwood, Gallois, Taara, Aberhill and Paddy Hendly (3)
GOLD AND SILVER MEDAL SERVICES AT CROMER AND GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON AUGUST 6TH. - 7TH. - CROMER, GT.
YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, AND SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK, AND LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK. On the night of the 5th of August,, 1941, a...
Lifeboats Taking Up Their Moorings on the Thames at the Centenary of the Rnli In 1924 There Were Representatives from Denmark France the Netherlands Sweden
Lifeboats taking up their moorings on the Thames at the centenary of the RNLI in 1924. - View image in PDF
There were representatives from Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Britain.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs