LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Second Fore and Aft Skin Has Been Laid and the First Strake of the Third Skin Is Fitted Into Place This Third Skin Is Laid on the Opposite Diagonal to the First Skin
The second, fore and aft, skin has been laid, and the first strake of the third skin is fitted into place. This third skin is laid on the opposite diagonal to the first skin.. - View image in PDF
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The S.S. Highland Fling
During a very dense fog on the afternoon of the 7th January sound signals were heard not far from the shore, and although the weather was fine, there being only a slight ground swell, it was considered advisable to launch the Life-boat. The...
Progressing To The Role Of Deck Officer (pictured)
Unsurprisingly, the sea later beckoned and, in 1955, Robert joined the Merchant Navy as a cadet and served as an apprentice, progressing to the role of deck officer (pictured).. - View image in PDF
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The S.S. Hope Star
DECEMBER 6TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. The motor life-boat Civil Service No. 5 put out at 9 in the morning, in a N.W. gale, with a very rough sea, and rescued nine men of the crew of 44 of the S.S. Hope Star, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, which had...
The Fraserburgh Fishing Vessel John Scott
Engine failure IN A STRONG north-north-easterly gale, force 9, and snow showers, the skipper of the Fraserburgh fishing vessel, John Scott, contacted Shetland coastguard at 1945 on Wednesday April 24, 1985 to report that his engine had...
Scarborough Life-Boat Crew Take a Seaman Off H.M.S. Malcolm
Scarborough Life-Boat Crew Take A Seaman Off H.M.S. Malcolm. - View image in PDF
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The New Inshore Lifeboat Ib 1 (Below)
The new inshore lifeboat IB 1 (below) will be a development of the existing D class but will use the latest advances in material and equipment technology.. - View image in PDF
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Braving the Blizzard
Newbiggin's Atlantic 75 CSMA 75th Anniversary was just one of many RNLI lifeboats scrambled during the Winter cold snap.
Her volunteer crew members braved horrendous conditions during an incident on some nearby cliffs...
Category: Articles
The Ketches Ann Elizabeth and Thomas Edwin
During a strong S.E. gale and heavy sea on the 15th January, several vessels ran for shelter toClovelly,and amongst them the ketches Jane Ann Elizabeth of Swansea, and Thomas Edwin of Plymouth, bound from Bideford with coal. At 8.10...
(Above) Heads Eastwards Towards the Entrance to Cromarty Firth on Left Site of New Refinery
(above) heads eastwards towards the entrance to Cromarty Firth. On left, site of new refinery.. - View image in PDF
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