LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

About 7 o'clock on the evening of the 9th October, two guns were fired and rockets thrown up from the Cockle Float- ing light. The night was dark and rainy, with a strong wind and a heavy sea on the beach. The Caister life-boat was...

The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life-belt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, and to enable him to support another person besides...

CAISTER.—On the morning of the 23rd February, 1896, the Cockle Light-vessel fired guns and rockets. The Life-boat Covent Garden was taken out of her house, and while she was being launched a coast- guardman arrived and informed the cox-...

Cromarty.—Early in the afternoon of the 12th January the Helmsdale coastguard telephoned that a vessel was aground in a dangerous position at the entrance to Little Ferry, in Dornoch Firth. She was the s.s.

Totnes, of...

The Marlborough Club of Didcot have adopted the RNLI as the charity they wish to help in 1987 and plan to raise £3,000. To help them on their way they held a 25 mile sponsored cycle ride in fancy dress and raised £1*425.. - View image in PDF

Presentations of Vellums signed by the Prince of Wales.

THREE life-boat stations have cele- brated their centenaries this year: Berwick-on-Tweed, the Mumbles, Gla- morganshire, and Ferryside, Carmar- thenshire. In each...

The following is a list of the cases in which Rewards have been granted for sav- ing life, during the year 1851-2, laid be- fore the Annual Meeting in accordance with ' Rule 13 of the Institution.

Jan. 2.—The emigrant...

Totton and District branch is organising no less than 12 fund-raising events in 1980, and has distributed its programme to 8,000 homes in its area. The first event, a jumble sale in February, realised £313. The branch received donations...