LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

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THE term "Haul-off warp" is used to describe the rope which is made fast to an anchor laid out to sea opposite the launching place of the Life-boat, and with- out the he'p of this appliance there are many stations where the aid...

SKERRIES.—The ketch Emily Wynne, of and for Wexford from Ayr, with a cargo of coal, which had anchored in Skerries Bay for shelter during a moderate gale from the E.S.E. and a heavy sea, showed signals of distress on the night of the 5th...

The gold medal for gallantry has been awarded to Coxswain John B. McLean, of Peterhead, the silver medal to David F. Wiseman, the motor mechanic, and the bronze medal to each of the other six members of the crew for rescuing the crew of...

The fishing- coble Mary, of Hartlepool, was seen in a helpless condition drifting on the Kettleness Reefs, in the south part of Runswick Bay, soon after daylight on the 16th June, while a heavy gale was blowing from the...

One of the key people at every lifeboat station is the honorary medical adviser, a local general practitioner who takes into his care the routine medical oversight of boat and crew and who, while not necessarily required by his appointment...

THE Twenty-third Annual Meeting of this Institution was held on the 23rd May, at Willis's Booms, his GRACE THE DUKE OF MARYBOROUGH, President of the Society, in the Chair.

The Chairman observed that it had been well...

November Meeting.

Beaumaris, Anglesey.—For a service on 5th August, 1937. See page 429.

Guernsey, Channel Islands.—During the afternoon of the 1st October, 1937, the steamer Briseis, of Rouen, struck the...