LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Anchors: Old Forms and Recent Developments
By Captain ANTHONY S. THOMSON, C.B., Elder Brother of Trinity House, Commander B.N.B.
Reprinted from the " Journal of the Royal United Service Institution," by permission.
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Category: Articles
Out of the Blue:
Out of the blue: the Prime Minister paid a visit to Porlhcawl lifeboat station when she was in South Wales last June. I he crew presented her with a plat/lie and while she was being shown their lf ft I) class inflatable she tried her hand at... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Appeal for Help
Let our thoughts and tender feelings Wander o'ei the main, To the dying sailors crying " Help! " " Oh, help !" in vain.
Who can save the mother's treasure Clinging to the mast ? Who can hear that...
Category: Poetry
Concerning Public Opinion on the Mercantile Marine, and the Corporate Interests Connected Therewith
THE "British Public" has of late mani- fested a considerable degree of dissatisfac- tion at the general state of the Mercantile Marine, a dissatisfaction which is none the less real in fact because it can hardly be said—at least in...
Category: Articles
(From R) Tom Nutman Di (Scotland N) Accompanies Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Hezlet Chairman of the Search and Rescue Committee Commander Bruce Cairns C
(From r.) Tom Nutman, DI (Scotland, N.), accompanies Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Hezlet, chairman of the Search and Rescue Committee, Commander Bruce Cairns, Chief of Operations, and Captain Bob Browning, BP Forties Administrative Superintendent... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Services
Environmental disaster prevented Bronze medal for Thurso Coxswain and awards to Thurso and Longhope crews Thurso lifeboat Coxswain William Farquhar has been awarded the RNLI's Bronze Medal for bravery for his part in an incident...
Category: Services
While on Service to the Coaster Heye P Wrecked at Prawle Point In Severe Gales Last December Salcombe Lifeboat Had to Cut Away Her Anchor the Anchor Was Later Recovered By Members of N
While on service to the coaster Heye P, wrecked at Prawle Point in severe gales last December, Salcombe lifeboat had to cut away her anchor. The anchor was later recovered by members of North East Essex and Ipswich branches of the British... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
High, but not dry
5 November 2011: Whitby’s D class lifeboat OEM Stone III sped to the cliffs west of Whitby Harbour, where two people cut off by the tide had tried to climb to safety and got stuck. A lifeboat crew member went...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Services of the World: The United States Coast Guard
By REAR-ADMIRAL W. S. REYNOLDS, Commandant U.S. Coast Guard.Anderson tendered his services to the surf man. The acceptance of the offer automatically placed Anderson, for the time, in charge of the station crew, a responsibility which, as...
Category: Articles
When the London Steamer Barnhill Was Attacked from the Air Off Beachy Head and Set on Fire on March 20 1940 the Eastbourne Lifeboat Went to Her Help and Put Two
When the London steamer Barnhill was attacked from the air off Beachy Head and set on fire on March 20, 1940, the Eastbourne lifeboat went to her help and put two of her crew aboard to rescue the si'earner''s master who had been... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs