LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

MR. R. C. BAVERSTOCK, the Assistant Secretary and Establishment Officer, has retired after forty-four years in the service of the Institution. He is succeeded by Mr. S. M. Whorlow.

Mr. Baverstock was appointed Assistant...

Towing was an appropriate topic of conversation between this year's medal winning coxswains and Cdr George Cooper, the RNLl's deputy chief of operations. In three out of the four services recognised the casualty was towed to safety...

Presentation of Prizes in the London District.

AT the Caxton Hall, Westminster, on Friday, 20th April, the Mayor of Westminster (Mr. Jacques Abady) presided at the presentation of the prizes won in the Life-boat Essay...

Safety and Survival at Sea by E. C. B. LEE OBE, C.ENG, FRINA and KENNETH LEE MBBS, LRCP, MRCS, DIH An anthology of first person accounts of man's ability—or inability—to survive at sea by the victims of all types of sea...

SEPTEMBER MEETING FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. On the 11th June, 1942, a Spitfire aeroplane was on a practice flight when the engine failed and the pilot landed on the sea. There was a slight swell with a light N.E. wind. The aeroplane sank...

WORTHING.— On the 10th February, at about 5.50 P.M., the schooner Teresa,, of Weymoata, bound from Guernsey to London, with granite, was observed drivj ing on shore. A strong gale of wind from the S. was blowing and the sea was...

NEWSPOINT At this year's Annual General Meeting in London, reported elsewhere in this issue the Institution's Chairman, Sir Michael Vernon, reported yet another record year for lifeboat launches in the previous year - a report that...

COVER PICTURE The 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat stationed at Amble in Northumberland launches into the surf on exercise earlier this year. So far in 1986 there have been 750 services by inflatable lifeboats and .*/- lives saved. While... - View image in PDF