LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

MEVASISSBT, OOBHWAM,.—On the 1st September the smaek Bacchus, of Nantes, which had been towed from Buthleven to Charlestown in ballast, and had anchored in Oharlestown Bay, was in great danger owing to the heavy gale which had sprung up from...

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When one MUST lead For the tough, tricky work of inshore rescue only the best in performance and the utmost in reliability are good enough.

That is why the Volvo Penta Aquamatic petrol and diesel engines fitted to the fast...

Earlier this year, Hoylake launch volunteer Tracy Davies – pictured on the front page – became the first woman to qualify as an operator of the Shannon class lifeboat’s launch and recovery vehicle. Now she’s on call, ready to send the...

The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life- belt are—

1. Sufficient extra-buoyancy to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides...

Tynemouth, Northumberland. — At 5.14 on the evening of the 18th of De- cember, 1955, the coastguard tele- phoned that a wireless message had been received from the S.S. Pompey Power, of Portsmouth, that she had a very sick man on board who...

At 11.45 p.m. on 26th June, 1967, a message was received that a sick man on board the motor vessel Mercurius H of Rotterdam needed medical attention. The life-boat Lloyd's II with a doctor on board was launched at 12.12 a.m. in a light...

ENGINEER INJURED St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 10.55 a.m. on igth August, 1965, news came that the motor vessel Richmond Castle had an injured man on board and had requested medical help. Her position at one o'clock would be eleven...