LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

On October nth., 1941, the total number of lives rescued by life-boats since the beginning of the war was 4131. That is the exact number which they rescued in the whole of the last war, from 4th. August 1914 to nth. November 19i8. In no...

Six saved from power boat LymeRegis South West Division The Lyme Regis Atlantic 21 Independent Forester Benevolence rescued six people on 22 May 1988 in a short but difficult service when a small power boat lost engine power and was being...

At about 8.30 P.M. on the 10th August it was reported by visitors that a small fishing boat had not returned, and was believed to be fog-bound about one and a half miles S.E. of Bembridge. The Motor Life-boat Langham was launched in a smooth...

'One man can launch the Atlantic in less than a minute' 'Most of our work here is out-and-grab stuff,' said Atlantic Helmsman Richard Pearce as we looked at the floating boathouse at his station in Brighton Marina, 'and...

Out of Wedlock! The oldest swinger in town, in the form of Fred Wedlock, who made the hit song a favourite with the medallionwielding young-at-heart, provided an evening of all-round entertainment for the regulars of The Cross Inn, near... - View image in PDF

KILMORE.—The John Robert Life-boat was launched at 2.30 P.M. on the 22nd March, during a S. wind and a thick fog, and remained during the night by the barque Pass of Leny, of Glasgow, bound from Java for Liverpool with a cargo of sugar,...

THE " season " of the Life-boat Saturday Collections throughout the country opened this year under very favourable auspices, and the Committees, greatly encouraged by the excellent certificate recently given to the movement by the...

Honorary Life-Governors The following have been appointed Honor- ary Life-Governors of the Institution and are presented with a copy of the vote inscribed on Vellum and signed by H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, President of the Institution: MRS....