LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

IN 1892 a man in Chatham began to subscribe to the Institution. He con- tinued to subscribe until his death fifty- three years later, in 1945. Since then his widow has continued the subscrip- tion in his name..

The RNLI’s Wreck Chart of the British Isles for 1854 (excerpt shown left) states: ‘Loss of life (as far as can be ascertained) 1,549.’ Two years earlier, the Lifeboat admitted that: ‘No complete record of shipwrecks is kept …’ but the quoted...

Teesmouth, Yorkshire. At 7.20 on the evening of the 29th November, 1961, the coxswain told the honorary secretary he had received a message that a boat was overdue from Gray's shipyard. She had last been seen at 3.45, and after further...

27th December, 1933. A French trawler had stranded on the Black Middens, but was refloated by a tug.—Rewards £17 14s..

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1st May. A motor boat had had engine trouble but was able to go on her way without help.—Rewards, £5 15s..

1st Janu- ary. A steamer had stranded, but she got off without help, and went on her way.—Rewards, £17 6s..

Deborah B, Bermuda Search and Rescue Institute's first lifeboat is a 15' GRP Hamilton jet-propelled open launch from New Zealand. On service around Bermuda she will be operating in waters beset with coral reefs and shallows: she... - View image in PDF