LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Something special ? Wright away sir! TANKS For almost half a century Wrights have specialised in the fabrication of tanks from 5 to 50,000 gallons in stainless steel, aluminium, or mild steel, either one-off or on a production run. We are...

Mrs Val Temple, a member of Norwich ladies' guild for over 20 years. Although confined to a wheelchair she carried out house-to-house collections for the guild and arranged various fund raising events..

Buckie, Banff shire.—18th December.

Flares had been reported to the N.W., but no trace of any vessel in distress could be found.—Rewards, £15 9*..

MAY 2ND. - WICKLOW. Flares had been seen, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £13 7s. 6d..

THE 37-feet life-boat, which is described in detail on page 91, adds one more development to an impressive list of major improvements in the design and construction of life-boats and life-saving equipment in the past six or seven...

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on the 1st March, during a southerly gale, signals of distress were observed from a vessel in close proximity to the Breakwater Lighthouse, The steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland was at once despatched to her...

Ramsey, Isle of Man.—Very early on the morning of the 21st January, 1938, the coastguard reported that a vessel in Ramsey bay, about five miles E.N.E. from Queen's Pier, was burning flares. A whole S.S.W. gale was blowing, with a very...

28 April: Tower A drowning man was pulled from the River Thames and resuscitated by crew and the police after he was spotted floating face down in the water. Helmsman Kevin Maynard explains: ‘One of the police...