LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THERE are still some copies left of Literature of the Life-boat by Sir John Gumming, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., a vicepresident of the Institution, published in 1936 and 1937 as supplements to this journal. A copy of the two supplements bound...

Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 53 Number 525 Chairman: MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Assistant Editor: GILL MACE Editorial Assistant: MARY GYOPARI Advertisement...

BRIGHSTONE GRANGE, ISLE OF WIGHT.

—During a dense fog on the 6th of April it was reported that a schooner was in distress on Atherfield Ledge. The crew of the Life-boat Worcester Cadet were summoned, and at 8.55 P.M. the...

Eyemouth, and St. Abbs, Berwickshire.— At 10.7 in the morning, on the 24th of April, 1950, the Eyemouth life-boat authorities received a message from a Burnmouth fisherman that the motor fishing vessel Breadwinner, of Burn- mouth, was in...

Kapok offers great advantages over cork as regards weight, buoyancy, the ease with which it can be adjusted to any shape, and the protection which it affords against cold. Kapok is a vegetable fibre found chiefly in the East Indies, the best...

Donaghadee, Co. Down.—4th June, 1939. An aeroplane had been reported to have fallen into the sea, but later news was received that she was safe.— Rewards, £4 10s..

Aberdeen. At 2.35 on the afternoon of the 27th of June, 1959, the coast- guard reported that a message had been received from the Dutch vessel De Hoop that another Dutch vessel Huiberdina Gijsbertha of Katwijk a/Kee was aground on the north...

JOHN TERRETT, a regular presenter on the Bournemouth based Two Counties Radio, visited RNLI headquarters on January 31, 1985 to make the draw for the 28th national lottery. The lottery had raised over £52,000, a record figure and was...