LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

OCTOBER 6TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES.

A vessel had been reported in distress off the south-west corner of the Island of Skye, but nothing could be found, and after spending the night at Carbost, the life-boat, which was in...

Walmer, Kent.—At 7.55 P.M. on the 28th October, 1939, the Deal coastguard reported that two steamers had been in collision near the Fork Buoy. A strong squally N.N.E. wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat Charles Dibdin...

Each quarter we aim to bring you something that will stir and inform and, if I say so myself, this Autumn issue is something rather special.

We are reminded of the best and the worst of the RNLI’s 185-year history by the...

THE PRESENTATION of no fewer than 23 medals for gallantry, an exceptionally high number for any one year, provided the central feature of this year's annual general meeting and served as a reminder to the large number of supporters...

Major W. Bertram Bell, who has died at his home in County Cork, was in his 91st year and joined the Committee of Management in 1954, retiring in 1969.

Both he and Mrs. Bell were for many years prominent supporters of the...

Memorial Service at Bridlington.

THIS year, as for many years past, Bridlington held a memorial service for the six Bridlington life-boatmen who lost their lives in the great gale of 10th February, 1871.

75 Years Ago The following article appeared in the August, 1911, issue of THE LIFEBOAT:VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.

FOK the second time within two years Newiniay has been fortunate enough to receive a...

IN making his report on the past year's work of the life-boat service at the Institution's annual general meeting on the 30th of March, a meeting which is reported in full on page 436, Earl Howe, the Chairman of the Committee of...