LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

At 8 P.M., on the 9th October, in a S.W. wind and moderate sea, the Lifeboat BeaucJiamp was launched at the request of Lloyd's Agent, and proceeded to the s.s. Achilles, of South Shields, which had stranded on Scroby...

Penlee, Cornwall.—23rd January, 1939. Early in the morning information was received from the coastguard that the St. Ives life-boat was out.

At 5 A.M. it was reported that signals had been seen off Clodgy Head.

THE total number of launches by life- boats on service in 1960 was 714, the lives of 367 people being saved thereby.

The number of launches was appre- ciably less than in 1959, which had been a truly remarkable year, with a...

THE Institution has awarded an in- scribafl Aneroid Barometer to Mr.

Lionel Hunt, of Barry Dock, Glamor- ganshire, for his gallantry in rescu- ing two men from drowning. Mr.

Lionel Hunt is a Barry Channel...

THE fishwives of Cullercoats carried out their eighth consecutive collection on behalf of the Institution on 3rd August, when the Cullercoats Life-boat held its quarterly road exercise and launch.

As in previous years, they...

IT will be remembered that some months ago there occurred a lamentable boat accident in the River Thames, when no less than ten promising youths, cadets on board a training-ship, were drowned. The boat was under sail at the time, and was...

It’s always difficult to choose which rescues to feature in Lifeboat magazine. With an average of 23 people rescued a day, there’s a lot of courage and determination to choose from

A person in the water. Fishermen in a...

BY the end of the 1960s it was obvious that a larger lifeboat, which could operate at night was needed. After testing various rigid hull boats, the RNLI chose one pioneered by Rear Admiral Desmond Hoare at Atlantic College, South Wales. The...