LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

A MAJOR new boat building programme was decided upon by the Committee of Management of the R.N.L.I, at its February meeting. As anA Sister's Thanks The following is an extract from a letter received by Captain J. B. Jones, O.B.E.,...

Welcome! Between the crew of Cromer lifeboat station and our station Ijmuiden a friendship has flourished for some years. This culminated in a visit of our lifeboat Johanna Louisa to Cromer from May 8 until May 11.

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MOST of our readers are already aware that the title of the above Society has been recently altered to that of the " ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION—founded in 1824 for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck;" they may not,...

FROM the 22nd to the 29th of June, 1960, the B.B.C. broadcast each evening a half-hour programme in the Welsh Home Service. The composite title of the series was Over the Waves, the narrator being Mr. Wynford Vaughan- Thomas. The six items...

Cold, wet and darkness form a classic environment for fear, and if this trio is mixed with the other fierce ingredients of a sea driven to fury by a winter storm hurling its strength against an unyielding tidal stream, it would take a truly...

Lack of knowledge is thought to be the root cause of most deaths in UK and Irish waters, and the RNLI'sSea Safety mission is to counter this. GarethWeekes reportsA relatively new strand of the RNLI's work, Sea Safety was a response...

A SPECIAL Grand Lodge of the English Free- : masons was held on the 3rd January at Free- ! masons' Hall, London, to receive and consider | the Report of the Special Committee appointed by Grand Lodge on the 6th September last, on the...

European • Gibraltar 15 days Sailing direct from Falmouth, 22nd December 2006 7 ports of call: Vigo, Gibraltar, Casablanca, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Tenerife & Madeira Soak up the sun at a selection of fabulous ports of call, enjoy a...