LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

If you were rescued by the RNLI, would you thank those involved? Surprisingly, many people don't. Dave Gambell, rescued by Yarmouth lifeboat, is an exception.

What follows is his letter of gratitude to the crew,...

At daybreak on the 2nd October the watchman observed a steamer ashore on the Scroby Sand, and at once reported the matter. The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane were promptly assembled and the boat, in tow of a tug, proceeded to the...

NORTH SUNDERLAND.— The Life-boat Thomas Bewick was called out on service on the afternoon of the 4th of April to the assistance of the barque Ornen, of Frederickstadt, which was water-logged,and had driven on the Greenhill Sands, striking a...

THE Outward Bound Sea School, at Aberdovey, which runs four-weekly courses in seamanship and some other out-of-door subjects for boys from fifteen to eighteen and a half years old, offered the Institution in March of this year six King...

SEPT . 4TH. - HELVICK HEAD, CO.

WATERFORD. What looked like a burning aeroplane was reported to have been seen to drop into the sea, but nothing was found.- No rewards ; launch treated as exercise.

THURSDAY, 12th April, 1894.

Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.

Read and confirmed the Minutes of the pre- vious Meeting.

Also read those of the Finance and Corre-...

EARLY SUMMER began with several inshore lifeboat ceremonies. On Saturday, May 14, a number of readers of the Birmingham Evening Mail, together with members of Birmingham branch committee, travelled to Exmouth, South Devon, for the handing...

"Never sail without Schermuly they have a flare for saving lives" Take the advice of the people who know that it makes good sense to carry a pack of signal flares .. .just in case ! Schermuly Yacht Signals are available pre-packed...