LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

(above) Thames: length overall 50ft; beam 14ft 6in; draught 4ft 6in; displacement 27 tons; maximum speed, 18 knots; range at full speed, 200 nautical miles. The Thames, introduced in 1973, has a crew of six, she lies afloat. Her hull is... - View image in PDF

The Flora London Marathon is one of the UK’s most breathtaking fundraising events and this year 200 people ran as part of Team RNLI. Their combined and considerable efforts raised approximately £300,000, most of which will go towards...

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Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At four in the afternoon of the 16th of March, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a motor fishing boat two miles east- north-east of Queen's Pier was flying a flag "I am disabled; communicate with me,"...

SKIN DIVER RESCUED Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 5.30 p.m. on 26th September, 1965, the coxswain was told by the coastguard that a skin diver was in difficulties a quarter of a mile south of the station. The life-boat crew were asked to stand...

ealthspan vitamins 'Let food be your medicine and medicine your food* Hippocrates, 400BC Good nutrition is the foundation of good health The vital contribution of nutrition to better health is hardly a new concept. It's one of the...

Sir Charles H. Wilson, LL.D, F.S.A.A., of Leeds.

BY the death, on 30th December, 1930, at the age of seventy-four, of Sir Charles Wilson, LL.D., F.S.A.A., Chairman of its Leeds Branch, the Institution has lost one of the...

IT is a commonly-received opinion, that if a line can only be thrown over a stranded vessel, the salvation of those on board her is almost secured. It seems to be presumed that those at either end of this slender com- munication, after...