LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Selsey, Sussex.—8th September. A child had drifted out to sea on a rubber air-float, but fishermen found the child's body and the float.—Rewards, £5 17s. 6d..

Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. At 3.3 p.m. on 20th August, 1965, a member of the public told the honorary secretary that a boy had fallen off a drifting air bed, 600 yards north of the station. At 3.5 the IRB launched in a gentle westerly breeze...

Aberdeen.—At 2.11 early on the morning of the 29th of March, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that he had heard long and short blasts on a siren from a vessel near the harbour or lighthouse. He later stated that the lighthouse keeper...

Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 7.14 on the evening of the 25th of June, 1958, the Foreland coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was anchored in a dangerous position in heavy seas half a mile south-west of Sandown pier. At 7.26...

Lifeboat crew member in sea as fishing vessel sinks suddenly Frank Home, a crew member aboard Peel's Mersey class lifeboat Ruby Clcry, has been awarded the Thanks of the Institution on Vellum following a service to a sinking fishing...

ON the morning of 27th July eight crab boats put out from Cromer, with a gale blowing. The sea was moderate, but heavy for small boats. It got heavier while the men were attending to the crab pots. The coastguard had them under observation,...

Dungeness lifeboat Crew Member Garry Clark is to receive the RNLI's Silver Medal for his bravery and determination during the rescue of seven people from the yacht Liquid Vortex on 3 January this year.

In a long and...

Engine room. Fig. 1 (above) Tank top has been fitted between starboard engine bearers, forming top of starboard watertight double bottom, and plywood floors (pierced with ventilation holes) have been fitted in wing compartments.. - View image in PDF