LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

IN the year 1857 the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, as will be remembered by its supporters, appealed to the medical profession in this country and, through foreign ambassadors, to the public medical authorities of several other countries,...

Selsey, Sussex. At 10.20 on the morn- ing of the 14th July, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had burnt flares about a mile south-east of Selsey. A strong west- south-westerly wind was blowing, and the sea...

ISLE OF WHITHORN, N.B.—On the re- presentation of Divisional Officer, C. W. M. S. McKERLIE, Esq., of the Coast-guard, and the recommendation of the Inspector of Life-boats, the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a life-boat station on...

tHen AnD noW State of the art When crowds gathered in Dover on 10 July 1930 to see the naming of a new 20m motor lifeboat, they were to witness an historic moment for the RnLi.

named Sir William Hillary after the founder of...

Bitter sweet home-coming In September of last year my boyfriend and I were returning home after cruising abroad for almost two years. Unfortunately we were in collision with another vessel (I need not go into the details of the incident...

The famous life-boat stations at Cromer and Great Yarmouth and Gorleston have won for two services in August and October 20 medals, 25 vellums and £234 in money awards. The first service was to six steamers wrecked close together on the...

SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT WHITBY FEBRUARY 3RD. - WHITBY, AND SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.

At nine o’clock at night the coastguard telephoned to the life-boat station at Whitby that a vessel was ashore near Saltwick. The tide was...

Station-by-station lifeboat launches for August, September and October 1998 Aberdeen Arun: Aug 29 Aberdovey Atlantic 21: Aug 12and 19 (twice) Abersoch Atlantic 21: Aug 1, 7, 20, 21, 30 and 31 Aberystwyth Atlantic 75: Aug 11, 23, 29, 30...