LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE Gold Medal of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, which is a much- coveted distinction, only bestowed for deeds of exceptional valour, was awarded in April to the REVEREND JOHN M. O'SHEA, parish priest of Ardmore, Co. Waterford...

ON 10th February, 1871, an unusually severe gale burst upon the North-East coast of England, and at Bridlington there was the terrible spectacle of no fewer than seventeen ships ashore at the same time, rapidly breaking up.

THERE has been a good world-wide response to the Yachtsmen's Life-boat Supporters' Association which, as announced in the last issue of THE LIFE-BOAT, was launched by Sir Alec Rose, the round-the-world sailor, at the International...

Three yachts saved PARTICIPANTS IN THE Isle of Man's round the island race in May found themselves contending with a south-south-westerly gale and very high seas. It was at 2240 on the night of Sunday May 25, 1986, when the honorary...

At 4.12 a.m. on 24th January, 1972, the Flamborough coastguard told Mr. Arthur Dick, the honorary secretary, Bridllngton, that the m.f.v. My Susanne was sending out radio messages requesting life-boat assistance, as her engine was broken...

Trawler taking water A FRENCH TRAWLER, Enfant de Bretagne, broadcast a Mayday call on the afternoon of Tuesday, December 2, 1975, saying that she was taking water in heavy weather in position 320°M 18 miles from St Ives Head. This...

1993 and all that! The London Boat Show at Earls Court this January marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Yachtsmen's Lifeboat Supporters Association - the organisation which evolved and expanded into the membership scheme as...

"STORM -warnings may be considered as the most immediate practical application of weather knowledge." Mr. EGBERT H. SCOTT, Director of the Meteorological Department, so commences the eighth chapter of the admirable work to which he...