LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

125 years ago From the pages of THE LIFEBOAT, October 1864 issue LIFEBOATS FOR THE FRENCH COAST We have much pleasure in being able to report that the French Government have decided to place some lifeboats on the coasts of France....

SWANAGE.—On the llth November the Swanage Life-boat, Charlotte Mary, was the means of saving the smack Aries, of Cowes. That vessel was dragging her anchors in Swanage Bay, when the Lifeboat went to her aid through a heavy sea, and placing...

The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...

Flagstaff memorial: The Bishop of Truro, the Right Reverend Peter Mumford, blesses the flagstaff mounted in Truro Cathedral and made as a memorial to the lifeboatmen who died in the Penlee lifeboat disaster of December 1981. The wood for the... - View image in PDF

E class 'A major benefit is that this water-driven craft has no propeller that would be damaged by Thames debris. The speed is great for traffic dodging.' Mick Nield, Mechanic,Tower Pier. - View image in PDF

In complete contrast to the usual image of the be whiskered sea-dog lifeboat man Little and Broad Haven's D class inflatable now has three young ladies in their twenties as part of the crew.

AH three joined the crew of... - View image in PDF

Brighton and Shoreham Harbour: Early in the evening of September 15, 1983, when a force 8 gale, gusting to strong gale, force 9, was blowing from the south west and the sea was very rough, a swimmer was reported in difficulties between... - View image in PDF

Presentation of Prizes in Greater London.

THIS year, for the first time, the prize for the best essay in Great Britain and Ireland was won by a pupil of a London school, Alfred Robinson, of Warple Way Mixed School,...