LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

CARNSORE, Co. WEXFORD.—On the 25th August the yacht Linda, of Bray, having been caught in a gale of wind from the N.E. on a lee shore, with only two men on board, who had no provisions, those men remained in great peril for some...

During a southerly gale on the 25th Feb., the sloop Prosperity, of Portmadoc, sank off Aber- sooh, but the mast remaining above water, the crew found refuge on it till towards daybreak. After being four hours in their fearful position, their...

THURSO, — Flare lights were burnt by the schooner Bonnie Lass, of Wick, bound for Castle Hill, in ballast, which was riding in Scrabster Eoadstead, during a violent gate from the N.W., and a terrible sea on the 2nd February. The Life-boat...

THE brig Superb, of Aberdeen, was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in April, 1829, out of which three men were saved (two having died in the rigging), by Win. Mudd and S. Wordley, masters of two smacks, after persevering exertion during fifteen...

Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—31st August, 1939. A cry for help had been heard by three boys from the Lydstep Caves.

The motor life-boat was launched, and a coastguard search party went by car along the top of the cliff, and got...

THE building of new life-boats is necessarily delayed owing to war conditions.

I think it is, therefore, a suitable time to look back, and consider the way we have come to the present stage, then look forward, and consider...

The honorary secretary of one of the Institution's branches in the Midlands writes that he has had difficulty in getting helpers for the work of the branch, but he adds : " Fortunately I am lucky in this respect, as I have been...

A CUP, which was offered by the Daily Express for the best model of a boat in a competition staged in connection with the National Boat Show at Earls Court, was won by Mr. Arthur Sallis of Brighton. His model was of the Plymouth life-boat,...