LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

At 8.25 a.m. on i ith February, 1966, the Irish Lights Office rang the honorary secretary's home to ask for the services of the life-boat Dunleary II to take two sick men off Kish light tower. As the honorary secretary had already left...

Weymouth, Dorset - At 10.46 p.m.

on ist May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor cruiser Windy Wyne of Falmouth had asked for assistance as her engine had broken down half a mile north-west...

The spirit of Tradition Michel Martell, the seventh generation of the Martell family to head this prestigious company, founded in 1715, was in England when the announcement was made to phase out the traditional Naval rum ration in 1970. This...

Publican and prankster Geoff Atkinson is not the kind to throw the towel in when it comes to a bet. In fact, the landlord of the Fleece Inn at Holme is more likely to wear one! Geoff s latest stunt to raise money for the RNLI was to wear the... - View image in PDF

The spirit of Tradition Michel Martell, the seventh generation of the Martell family to head this prestigious company, founded in 1715, was in England when the announcement was made to phase out the traditional Naval rum ration in 1970. This...

AUGUST 15TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 3.30 P.M., during an air raid, an aeroplane was seen from the boathouse to crash into the sea some three miles N. by W. of the station. The sea was smooth, with a N.W.

wind. The motor...

MAY 9TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. A dinghy attached to a naval motor launch was seen by the life-boat coxswain to capsize off Fishcombe Point, throwing her crew of two into the water. A light south-westerly breeze was blowing and the sea was...

To each of the three annual meetings of the Institution since the outbreak of war The Duke of Kent sent a message of congratulation. The last of these messages was read by Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution, when he...