LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Aberystwyth, Dyfed January 3.

Atlantic College, South Glamorgan February 1 and 2.

Beaumaris, Gwynedd December 8.

Broughty Ferry, Angus December 2.

Eastney, Hampshire...

The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...

Sunset and evening star, And one clear call {or me! And may there be no moaning of the bar When I put out to sea.

Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell When I embark;...

The West coast of Ireland saw a dramatic increase in its number of lifeboats over the last decade-and-a-half - representing the largest number of new stations to be established in such a short space of time this century. Nicholas Leach,...

Jan. 1.—Six fishermen rescued fifteen of the crew of the barque Faulconnier, of Dun- kirk, which was wrecked at Travara, near Courtmacsherry, in hazy weather, a strong E.S.E. wind and rough sea. The men had taken to their boats, but it was...

OCTOBER 7TH. - CLOVELLY, DEVONSHIRE.

At 3.10 in the afternoon the wife of the life-boat coxswain saw a Seafire aeroplane crash into the sea five miles N.E. by N.

of Clovelly. A moderate N.E. breeze was...

A LIFEBOAT DISASTER may have been narrowly averted last December. Soon after the Padstow lifeboat had launched late in the evening of December 7, she was struck by three exceptionally heavy seas. A considerable weight of water dropped almost...

WHITBY AND UPGANG.—The NATIONAL LITE-BOAT INSTITUTION has forwarded two new Life-boats to these stations, in the place of other boats. Both boats are 32 feet long and 7£ feet wide, and row 10 oars "double-banked. The Whitby Life-...