LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

IN the Journal of THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION it is fitting that there should appear a brief account of the history and functions of the Cor- poration of Trinity House, the General Lighthouse and Pilotage Authority for the...

Dover, Kent.—On the afternoon of the 16th of September, 1952, the whaler Paul, of Dover, with three boys from Dover College on board, was blown out of the western entrance to Dover harbour. At 3.45 the life-boat Southern Africa left her...

As was indicated in the important article contributed by my friend, Mr. de Booy, in the February, 1921, issue of this journal, the beneficent influence of Sir William Hillary's noble initiative in the foundation of the ROYAL NATIONAL...

'My thoughts about the beach have changed. I used to think it was just a fun place to be but now I know there are hidden dangers as well.' These are the words of a teenager from inner London who had the chance to take part in one of...

LIFE-BOATMEN are well known to be long-lived men; moreover, they continue to go out on service up to a great age.

But even for Life-boatmen we think it must be a record that two should have celebrated their diamond...

A fragment* 'MIDST the thick darkness Death, The dread inexorable monarch, stalked ; And, lo! his icy breath Encircled the devoted barque where talked, Or laughed, or watched, or slept, The doomed three hundred of her living freight,...

Tea-up!' Andy Gibson uses an appropriate device to announce a tea break - no one can say they didn't hear this foghorn!. - View image in PDF

To the Coxswain and Crew of the Aith Hope Life-boat Samyntas Stannak, I respectfully dedicate these simple verses for their noble work on the iight of the 31st October. It 98, in connection with the disabled steamer Manchester City, during a...