LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THIRTEEN MEN TAKEN OFF BELGIAN TRAWLER Stronsay, Orkneys. At 10.10 on the morning of the 22nd December, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a Belgian trawler was ashore on rocks between Auskerry and Stronsay. The...

Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 5.3 on the afternoon of the 20th of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was firing red flares to the east of the har- bour. A moderate west-south-westerly wind was blowing...

Two fishermen lost LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD received a 999 call at 2159 on August 19, 1979, from Braystones reporting that twomen who had gone fishing in an inflatable dinghy had not returned. It was thought that they had gone south to the...

Body Han, Midship Section.

The accompanying figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the deration and...

IN 1948 the life-boats of the Institution were called out 603 times to vessels in distress.

Ten years ago the number was 485.

That was then a record year for time of peace. In each of the three years since...

"Never sail without Schermuly they have a flare for saving lives" Take the advice of the people who know that it makes good sense to carry a pack of signal flares .. .just in case ! Schermuly Yacht Signals are available pre-packed...

Sailor rescued as yacht is driven on to lee shoreThe coxswain and helmsman of Whitby's two lifeboats, the 44ft Waveney White Rose of Yorkshire and the D class inflatable Gwynaeth, have both been awarded bronze medals for gallantry for...

The R.N.L.I's charter does not make provision for the preservation of old lifeboats and equipment, and the National Lifeboat Museum Bristol was therefore established as an independent registered charity for this...