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Lifeboat and crewmen at Appledore, DevonView of the local lifeboat and crewmen at Appledore, on the North Devon coast. The lifeboat has left the shore, and the crewmen are wading in the shallows
Saving of Audacious CrewAudacious, one of the most powerful members of the Allied fleet, is sunk by a German mine. A rescue operation is immediately begun
Second Coxswain Mann of the Aldeburgh Lifeboat Station, 1909Photographic portrait of Second Coxswain Mann, of the City of Winchester and Dresden, both Aldeburgh lifeboats; credited with saving hundreds of lives
Lifeboat / Boys own PaperThe lifeboat to the rescue in stormy seas. 1901
Tynemouth LifeboatThe Tynemouth lifeboat closing on a wrecked ship in a stormy sea off Tynemouth Priory and lighthouse Date: circa 1840
The Long, Long DriftIllustration by Raymond Sheppard to an article entitled: The Long, Long Drift by John Prebble, relating to the The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-17
Launch - Cromer LifeboatThe return of the Cromer lifeboat after assisting a crippled trawler to port
Launching the LifeboatLaunching the lifeboat from a carriage into a rough sea whilst the crew climb aboard
Manila DocksUnloading a shipment of cargo from ships in Manila docks, Philippines. Three young men in shorts wipe the sweat from themselves in the heat. Date: late 1930s
Titanic lifeboatRMS Titanic lifeboat no.6 approaches rescue ship Carpathia, 15 April 1912 Date: 1912
The Brighton LifeboatThe lifeboat at Brighton, Sussex, is dragged into the water : the boat carries sails to assist the oarsmen if the wind is in a favourable direction
Throwing the Life-LineA member of the lifeboat crew wearing a cork flotation jacket is about to throw out the life-line during a rescue
Wolf Rock Lighthouse hauling in the relief staffThe Wolf Rock Lighthouse hauling in the relief staff Date: 1920
Lifeboat coxswain, with RNLB The Lord Southborough Date: 1920
Group photo, Lifeboat Crew Date: 1920
Dandelion-Puff Balloon Club by Thomas Maybank Date: 1920
Lifeboatman's tales of the sea Date: 1920
Lifeboat to the rescue in a rough sea Date: 1920
Hauling the lifeboat through a narrow street Date: 1920
Falling Leaf Aero Club by Thomas Maybank Date: 1920
Come Aboard the Lifeboat - man gesturing Date: 1920
Abandon Ship, lifeboat alongside Date: 1920
A Motor Lifeboat in action on the sea Date: 1920
View of Tobolsk, a historic capital of Siberia, RussiaA view of Tobolsk, a historic capital of Siberia on the Irtysh river (where it joins the Tobol), now part of the Tyumen Oblast, . A rescue boat / lifeboat Station on the river
Titanic - sunrise on April 15th after the ship had sankOn the verge of the ice floe. A tranquil, yet eery impression of the area of the Atlantic ocean where the White Star passenger liner, RMS Titanic sank the morning after
Lowering the Titanic life boatsA view of the mechanism by which the Titanic lifeboats were lowered, showing a pair of Welin Davits on board. The Davit, an invention by Mr Axel Welin, could be found on most passenger liners
Lifeboat / Cromer / NorfolkA lifeboat creates a huge splash as it is launched into the sea at Cromer, Norfolk
Titanic LifeboatsA group of lifeboats showing the scenes immediately after the sinking
Rescuing evacuees
Luxuries versus lifeboats. Illustration shows an ocean liner sinking amid icebergs with many passengers jumping into the sea for lack of enough lifeboats
Titanic - uncrowded lifeboatsA page from the Illustrated London News reporting on the disaster of the sinking of the Titanic and critically commenting on the uncrowded life boats containing survivors. Date: 1912
Titanic - Lifeboats needed to save lives on board shipsA diagram published in the Illustrated London News following the disaster of the sinking of White Star passenger liner, RMS Titanic showing the ratio of lifeboat capacity to passenger numbers
How the Titanic went downImpression of the White Star passenger liner, RMS Titanic sinking with the bow going first and lights on the ship blazing into its last moments, while survivors in lifeboats watch in horror
Coverack LifeboatLaunching the Coverack Lifeboat, Cornwall, England. Date: 1960s
The chivalry of the sea woman and children first after thAn illustration showing women getting into the lifeboats from B deck of the Titanic. Date: 4th May 1912
UNSINKABLE LIFEBOATOur lovely model demontrates a novel and unsinkable lifeboat at the British Industries Fair, Olympia, London. Date: 17 February 1930
Titanic: Women and children firstBased on the detailed eyewitness account of a saloon steward who survived the disaster, special artist of " The Sphere" Fortunino Matania produced this reconstruction of the heartbreaking
American troops arriving home, Hoboken, USAAmerican troops arriving home by ship at Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, after the end of the First World War. Date: circa 1919
Sinking of the French liner Sontay, Mediterranean, WW1Scene during the sinking of the French liner Sontay in the Mediterranean after being torpedoed by a German submarine during the First World War, with passengers and crew escaping into lifeboats
Canada - Newfoundland -ss Florizel at IcefieldsCanada - Newfoundland - SS Florizel at Icefields - the crew boarding. A passenger liner, the Florizel was the flagship of the Bowring Brothers Red Cross Line of steamships
LIFE-BOATThe Inshore Lifeboat (ILB) Station, Eastbourne, which was built in 1903, seen here with the Royal Navy Lifeboat (RNLB) Beryl Tollemache, which was launched in 1949. Date: 1960s
Lifeboat on CarriageA lifeboat rests on its carriage, ready to be dragged across the beach and launched into the water to the aid of a ship in distress. Date: circa 1880
Lifeboat, Freeport, Long IslandLifeboat, Point, Lookout, Freeport, Long Island Date: c. 1910s
Lifeboats at Padstow, CornwallThe Padstow Steam Lifeboat Helen Peele (background) at the quayside in Padstow, Cornwall, with the surfboat Edmund Harvey in the foreground
Turkish Steamship ErtogrulTurkish Imperial steamship (albeit still with high masts for sails) the Ertogrul (named after the father of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire) riding high in the Bosphorus
Lifeboat Station interior - ConstantinopleThe interior of the Lifeboat Station, Constantinople