LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The Shipping and Mercantile Gazette recently called attention in a leading article to the advisability of the use of oil during rough weather at sea under certain favourable conditions. They remarked that it was gratifying to observe that...

Coxswain'* Certificate of Service.

The COXSWAIN'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, PENSION, and a SPECIAL GRATUITY of £80, have been awarded to: JOHN- STRACHAN, 15 years coxswain of the Peterhead life-boat.

IN 1932 the number of Branches which held Life-boat Days was 713, an increase of 27 on the previous year. Each year there has been a steady increase, and there were nearly 100 more Days in 1932 than in 1929.

Though the...

ON account of the simultaneous pub- lication with this issue of a special Cen- tenary Number, and our intention to publish in the next issue, wh;ch will appear in November, an illustrated!supplement, with an account of the various Centenary...

The R .N.L.I, has opened an account to make use of the National Giro service. The account number is 545 4050. Those who have personal Giro accounts may, if they wish, transfer money from those accounts to the Institution at no extra cost to...

Newbiggin, Blyth, Amble and Tynemouth, Northumberland - On 5th August, 1966, life-boats from these stations carried out a search for the missing fishing coble Eventide whose crew of three - a father and two sons - were all at some time...

Eight hundred branches held flag days in 1941, and 508 of thsse days collected more than ever before. 9,288,000 people contributed. That is 1,561,000 more than in 1940, and the biggest number who have ever given. The sum raised was...

St. Abbs life-boat station still holds the record for the longest service by one of the Institution's life-boats. This was achieved by the previous life-boat W. Ross Macanhur of Glasgow when she stood by the Swiss cargo ship Nyon for 11...