LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Moved by Capt. SHEPHERD, H.C.S., Deputy Master of the Trinity House, and seconded by Mr. J. D. POWLES.

1.—That the Report now read be adopted, published, and circulated.

Moved by Mr. THOMAS CHAPMAN,...

Despite being nearly 188 years old, the lifeboat service never stands still

How do you decide where to locate a lifeboat station and what kind of craft should be housed there? That’s the job of...

We ask the questions RNLI Lifeboat stations throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland throw open their doors to the public this summer. Visitors will be able to speak to the crews, see the lifeboats and get a taste of the unique atmosphere...

Long lost Barometer I have a small item in my possession which may be of interest to someone, somewhere.

Towards the end of the 1950s, I was on holiday in Folkestone, Kent and picked up, half buried in the shingle, what...

The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—At 10.35 on the morning of the 12th of October, 1952, a resident of Overton telephoned that a fishing boat had fired two red rockets and that her crew ap- peared to be trying to hold her on to Port Eynon Buoy. At...

NORTH DEAL.—Signal rockets and guns having been fired by the Gull Light-vessel on the 4th January, the Life-boat Mary Somerville was launched at about 6.15 P.M., and proceeded towards the Goodwin Sands. The wind was blowing moderately from...

BERWICK-ON-TWEED.—On the 22d March the schooner Heinrkh Gerdes, of Rostock, on running for the harbour of Berwick, struck on the bar, and was driven ashore south of the entrance to the Tweed. It was blowing a heavy gale from east-north-east,...

PEESEKVATION OF LITE FEOM SHIPWEECK.

Obvene.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, "L. C. Wyon." Double legend, " Royal National Life-boat Institution. Founded in...