LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE building of new life-boats is necessarily delayed owing to war conditions.

I think it is, therefore, a suitable time to look back, and consider the way we have come to the present stage, then look forward, and consider...

DR JAMES HALL of Deal has made many trips by life-boat to ships in the Channel when a seaman has needed urgent attention. He has often gone out in heavy weather to perform operations in the most difficult conditions.

During...

Lifeboats and wrecks of Cornwall Spend a long and relaxing weekend in Cornwall, learning about wrecks and lifeboats.

Based at St. Ives. two weekends will be held in February and March 1979.

concentrating...

ABERSOCH.—During the gale of the 7th October, the barque Inveresk, of and for Liverpool from Nova Scotia, was seen running under bare poles direct for the east end of St. Patrick's Causeway. The Life-boat Mabel Louisa proceeded to her...

CLACTON.—On the morning of the 10th March news was received that a man had landed about two miles east of Clacton at eight o'clock in an open boat which was nearly full of water. He had been taken to a farmhouse by some labouring people,...

From ist October to 3ist December, 1964, inshore rescue boats were launched on service 19 times. On three occasions, described below, they were able to rescue people in difficulties.

Whitstable, Kent. At 5 p.m. on ist...

JANUARY 6TH - 7TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE, AND PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE. During the evening information was received from the coastguard that a British aeroplane had come down in the sea about six miles south-west of Llanbedrog. A light...

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...