LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE LIZARD, CADGWITH, COVERACK, and PORTHLEVEN, CORNWALL.—A disas- ter of such magnitude as seldom occurs on the coast of the United Kingdom took place off Cornwall on the night of the 17th March. Thanks to the prompt action of the...

Building into the millennium Shoreworks manager Howard Richings moves on to western Scotland, travelling from Kippford to Barra IslandHaving boldly gone from Berwick, on the north-east corner of England, we now cross the Final Frontier and...

CUNNINGHAM'S Patent Mode of reefing Topsails from the Deck.—Most persons, even those who are not sailors by profession, are aware that the operation of reefing topsails is one of the most important on board a ship. By its means the...

Pushed to the limit Two inshore lifeboats were tested to their limits on 9 March 2002, when an angling vessel with a crew of three was in difficulty 1.5 miles from Southend-on-Sea. The weather was fair and dry.

but there...

Awards to Lifeboatmen Alan Thomas, coxswain of the Tenby lifeboat, has won the Maud Smith Award for 'the most outstanding act of lifesaving by a lifeboatman' during 1989.

The award follows the lifeboat's rescue...

on 2nd March, saved 6 men from the brig La Jeune Maria Therese, of Labourne, and took off 5 men from the barque Perseverance, of Scarborough, which vessels had been in collision..

Lost rudder A COBLE NEEDING HELP, with three men on board, was reported to the deputy launching authority of Seaham lifeboat station by Tees Coastguard at 0955 on Sunday November 26, 1978.

The message had been relayed from...

THE Secretary of the' Institution pro- poses, if possible, to compile its history for publication in 1924, and he will be most grateful to all Honorary' Secre- taries, especially of Station Branches, for every assistance which they...