LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

HORNSEA, YORKSHIRE.—A new life-boat, on Mr. PEAKE'S design, has been placed by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION at Horn- sea, in lieu of an old boat at that place, which was of an unwieldy and inferior construction, and in which the...

SIR WILLIAM HILLARY'S " An Appeal to the British Nation on the Humanity and Policy of Forming a National Institution for the Preservation of Lives and Property from Shipwreck," was published early in the year 1823, the preface...

FROM the Abstract of the Wreck Register presented by the Board of Trade, before the close of last Session, to Parliament, it appears that the number of shipwrecks, casualties, and collisions on and near the coasts of the United Kingdom,...

What's in a name? I was intrigued by the selection of proposed names put forward as alternatives to Shoreline Members (THE LIFEBOAT, Summer 1987, Page 170).

They mostly showed a certain degree of aptness or humour, but...

Seven saved ...along with an historic boatIn the early hours of 8 August 2001, the historic fishing vessel Reaper was on passage from Anstruther to Hartlepool in gale force conditions and rough seas. The 100-year-old herring drifter was...

Henry 'Joyful' West, BEM, retired as coxswain of Sheringham lifeboat at the end of 1984 after a long and distinguished career. He is a man who would rather talk about the achievements of others than his own, but the 'Joyful'...

Lifeboats on the Thames The RNLI is to provide lifeboat cover for a new search and rescue service for the river Thames. Three lifeboat stations will be established, which will be the first lifeboat stations to specifically cover a river...

ON a former occasion we brought to the notice of our readers Mr. LACON'S improved plan for lowering boats, intended to prevent the recurrence of such lamentable accidents and fearful loss of life as had then recently taken place in the...