LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

AT HASTINGS on May 17 (above) a D class ILB, the cost of which had been given by J. H. Minet and Co., was presented to the station by E. G.

Denman (left), Managing Director of the Marine Division of Minets, and accepted by...

GORLESTON, SUFFOLK.

AT about 12.5 a.m., on the 30th September, 1899, the Coastguard on duty reported to the Coxswain of the Life-boat that a vessel was showing signals of distress off Great Yarmouth.

At...

ON the night of the 3rd of November, 1951, a south-west gale was blowing on the south coast of Cornwall, with heavy rain. The night was very dark. A small Spanish steamer the Mina Cantiquin, of Gijon, with a crew of seventeen, was steaming...

Sub-zero escort THE 445-TON CARGO VESSEL Mare, of Honduras, on route from Rotterdam to Dundalk with a cargo of iron ore, ran into difficulties on the night of January 12, 1987 when her load shifted and she developed a 20 to 30 degree list,...

THE LIFE-BOAT TKANSPORTING-CABRIAGE.

The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.

Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on...

The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.

Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...

Mr T. Downing MBE, honorary secretary of Barrow Station Branch since 1949, being the assistant honorary secretary and treasurer from 1946-1949. He was awarded a pair of binoculars in 1960, a gold badge in 1975 and a bar to the gold badge in...

Zodiac, the best inflatable in the world.

Zodiac is Number One. Built by the oldest and best known inflatable manufacturers in the world, Zodiac innatables confirm their pedigree, as soon as the going gets...