LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A New Type of Life-Boat
A NEW type of life-boat, known as the Oakley type, 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: Articles
Christmas festivities in Kirkwall brought a number of generous donations for the lifeboat. Ron Spiers ofTorvhaug Enterprises set up a magnificent Christmas tree outside his inn door and raised £102.56 with a competition to guess its weight;
Christmas festivities in Kirkwall brought a number of generous donations for the lifeboat.
Ron Spiers ofTorvhaug Enterprises set up a magnificent Christmas tree outside his inn door and raised £102.56 with a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Provider A, Easier Morn, Gem, Venus and Enterprise
Whitby, Yorkshire.—In the morning of the 26th of April, 1949, there was a heavy swell at the harbour entrance that would endanger the return of the fishing boats. When five were seen approaching two members of the harbour pulling...
The Thirty-First of January: A Day of Disaster
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 155 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to August 31st, 1953 ....
78,333 The Thirty-first of January: A Day of...
Category: Services
Some Special Gifts
From an Old Carthusian.
ON Trafalgar Day last year the Institu- tion received the following letter :— " In accordance with an old-estab- lished custom, I have pleasure in for- warding, in order to reach you on the 21st...
Category: Donations
Maritime Book Society
1 ... more of an introduction to the whole sailing scene . . . f Yachts & Yachting 'At last a sailing manual worthy of the name . . . f Yachting & Boating The New Glenans Sailing Manual Published at £17.50 YOURS FOR ONLY If...
Category: Advertisement
Other IRB Launches
In addition to the services by IRBs which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded in full on pages 121 and 130, the following launches on service were made during the months of December 1966, to February., 1967, inclusive:...
Category: Services
Top Far Left: the First RNLI-Built Waveney John F Kennedy
Top far left: The first RNLI-built Waveney John F Kennedy, based at Dun Laoghaire.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Goodwins Spare a Ship
As described on page 126, the Goodwin Sands seldom spare vessels that run aground. But occasionally they are lucky. At 3.36 p.m. on 30th March, 1971, the Walmer honorary secretary picked up a message reporting that the tanker Panther of...
Category: Services
Dungeness Open Day
Dungeness open day, on Sunday July 29, included the blessing of the 37ft 6in Rather lifeboat Alice Upjohn by the Right Reverend Peter Chidgey of Lydd. More than 2,000 people visited the station during the day and just over £2,000 was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs