LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Fund raisers on the Isle of Anglesey stepped up their efforts last year and increased their income from £ 1 1 .(XX) in 1977 to £15,(XX) in 1978. Part of this increase was made possible by the gift of two water colours painted and...

and girls 152. The prize for the best essay has now been won nine times by girls and seven times by boys (a boy and a girl tying for it in 1933).

The Awards.

Alice Chambers will receive a copy of...

Port Askaig, Islay.—On the afternoon of the 31st December the Oban coastguard telegraphed that an aircraft had reported a ship drifting eastward through the Gulf of Corrievreckan, which is north of Jura Island. A strong S.W. breeze was...

Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 2 November show that so far during 1990: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 3,594 times (an average of more than 9 launches a day) More than 1,190 lives were saved (an average of nearly 3...

St Abbs crew trusted each other with their lives in an outstandingly gallant rescue

‘This was something you can’t train for and something we’d never seen before. The decisions we made had to be...

Facts and figures Provisional statistics as at 15 June 1989, show that so far this year: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 871 times (an average of more than 5 launches a day) More than 332 lives were saved (an average of 2 people...

Facts and figures Provisional statistics as at 17 August 1990, show that during 1990: The RNLI' s lifeboats were launched 1,927 times (an average of more than 8 launches a day) Some 611 lives were saved (an average of nearly 3 people...

Facts and figures Provisional statistics as at 15 February 1989, show that during 1988: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 4,197 times (an average of more than 11 launches a day) More than 1,338 lives were saved (an average of 3.7 people...