LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The Maud Smith Award for the most outstanding act of life saving by a lifeboatman during 1978 has been made to Coxswain John Petit of St Peter Port for the rescue of two men from the oil rig Orion on the night of February...

Newhaven, Sussex.—At 3.10 P.M. on the 30th August a message was received reporting that a Government transport had been in collision off Rottingdean, i and was in" a sinking condition. A light S. W. breeze was blowing at the time and |...

PENLEE | 29 JUNE

Penlee’s crew were in the throes of their Sunday morning training session when they received the call for help.

Provident, a 1920s former Brixham trawler with 13 people onboard, had...

Tyne to the rescue of sinking pilotboat Ramsgate's relief Tyne class lifeboat Owen andAnnAisherw&s called to the assistance of Ramsgate port control on 1 June 1991 when one of their launches, the pilot boat St Olave, was reported to...

Barra Island, Hebrides. At 1.30 early on the morning of the 11 th of September.

1959, the honorary secretary was in- formed that two small fishing boats, which had left Castlebay at four o'clock in the afternoon, had...

On the closing of the St. Andrews life-boat station the following awards have been made: DAVID FENTON, 8 years coxswain, 9f years bowman and 22J vears a member of the crew, the COXSYVAIN'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE and a...

The accompanying figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, aircompartments, shifting-coamings, and hatches of one of the safety boats, 40 feet in length and 14 feet in breadth.

In figs. 1 and 2, the...

Gardner engines have to be good Lives depend on them.

That is why men of the R.N.L.I, deserve the very best in equipment— like the Oakley-designed self-righting lifeboat "The Earl and Countess Howe", powered by...