LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

31st Janu- ary. A hulk without lights had broken away from her tug off Chapel St. Leonards, thirty-five miles from the life-boat station. It was believed that a man was on board. The sea was heavy, with a strong northerly wind and rain....

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.

—At 12.42 in the afternoon of the 4th of April, 1948, the Gorleston coastguard reported that the Dutch motor vessel Evertsen, which was off the harbour, had signalled for a doctor. Six...

Mariner doesn't just promise reliability.

It proves it! It you re considering buying an outboard, x ""~~~'—X.

whatever the size. you'll have noticed that almost even.' / N...

On the evening of the 3rd of July, 1955, the Lytham-St. Anne's life-boat rescued five men from the yacht Penboch, which had gone aground two miles from Southport pier. For a full account of this service, for which Coxswain Joseph...

Coxswain Joseph Mercer of Walmer died on the 5th of January, 1961, at the age of 80. He was coxswain from 1935 to 1945, having previously served for eight years as second coxswain. He was award- ed the bronze medal for gallantry for the...

THE GAG secretary has a new telephone number, 66 38209, on which both the secretary and the chairman, Mr. R. N. Crumbie, can be reached. The address remains the same: 126a High Street, Orpington, Kent.

The 1972 national...

George Parsons, who served in The Mumbles lifeboat crew for 36 years and, more recently, has been head launcher for the boat. He was assistant mechanic from 1952 to 1957..

Birds Eye Foods Inside Back Cover Evett Sailwear Limited 182 Functional Clothing Inside Front Cover G. & M. Power Plant—Binoculars 182 G. & M. Power Plant—Radar Alarm 212 Glanvill Enthoven & Co Limited 182 David Jolly (Tiller...