A MOST important adjunct to a coast life- boat is a carriage. It is not sufficient that the boat herself be of a superior description, capable of contending safely and successfully with that element in which her work has to be performed,...
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National Institution FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
ESTABLISHED IN SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
PATRONESS.
HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE...
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WHO IS GUY MARTIN?
Born in Grimsby, Guy Martin is a mechanic better known for his motorcycle racing and television programmes, including The Boat That Guy Built and Speed with Guy Martin. When he’s not trying to break world speed...
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North Deal.
In then* long record of service the.
men of the North Deal Life-boat have rarely been so severely tried as they were in the galea, at the beginning of last November. A whole gale from E.N.E....
More views of RNLI lifeboat stations from the air.
Mallaig -- Scotland Division The beautiful setting of Mallaig is evident, with Loch Nevis stretching away to the east. The harbour entrance faces north between Coteachan...
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APPLEDORE, DEVON.—The ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has re- cently sent a new Life-boat to Appledore, North Devon, to replace one which had been stationed there for many years. The new boat is 34 feet long, 1 feet wide, and rows...
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Free Hotel Accommodation all year round For only £2995 you and a partner can STAY FREE as often as you like for 12 months Treat yourself to a break whenever you choose, wherever you choose - as often as you choose. With the Travel...
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THE steam-ship, Austria, of 2,500 tons, one of the Hamburg line of screw steam-packets, running between that place and New York, sailed from Southampton on the 4th Sept.
last for New York. Her passengers numbered 425, and...
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IN 1958, for the third year in succession, life-boats were launched on service more than 700 times. The total number of launches was 714, or two fewer than the figure for 1957. Before 1956 there were only two years in which lifeboats were...
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AN hour's programme on the Life-boat Service was broadcast by the B.B.C.
in its Home Service on- Sunday, the •23rd of November, under the title "On Life-saving Service." It told the story of the Service from...
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