LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE AMERICAN obsession with health and physical fitness has spread, to a certain degree, to this country in recent years, resulting in the popularity of jogging as a sport for growing numbers of people.

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Exmouth, Devon.—The motor life-boat Catherine Harriet Eaton was launched at 4.52 P.M. on the 15th November, as the coastguard had reported that a trawler, at anchor one mile off West Bay, was in need of help. She had asked for a tug earlier...

Facts and Figures Provisional figures show that in 1986 lifeboats launched 3,150 times and saved 1,260 lives.

In 1985 lifeboats launched 3,899 times (an average of nearly 11 times a day) and saved 1,747 lives (an average of...

ABILITY to aid the shipwrecked is a fairly accurate standard by which to measure a country's civilization. In the South Sea Islands, or Somali Laud, the un- fortunate castaway may struggle through the breakers, only to be clubbed on...

Poole Headquarters and Depot Thursday July 22 Friday July 23 Saturday July 24 10 am—6 pm 10 am—8 pm 10 am—6 pm WHEN THE ENGLISH TOURIST BOARD proclaimed 1982 Maritime England Year it was considered an appropriate occasion to open the...

had already arrived, so joined their colleagues for a 'hard sell'. The excitement grew. We put up a notice telling the public of our aim. We wrote boldly the number now needed, periodically crossing it out and substituting the new...

The following coxswains and members of life-boat crews have been awarded certificates of service, and in addition those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations have been awarded an annuity or a retirement allowance and a...

When holidaymakers got trapped between cliffs and 2m waves with no way of calling the Coastguard, could anyone help them escape?

‘This was another idyllic sunny day so we headed out for a...