LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Yarmouth, and Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 7.1 on the morning of the 13th of February, 1954, the S.S.

Ardgantock, of Greenock, wirelessed that she was listing badly and was in danger of foundering twelve miles west-by-...

Three lifeboats stand by sailing barque in severe weather Three lifeboats were launched in winds of up to Force 11 when the Jersey registered sailing barque Kaskelot, with 17 people aboard, reported that her anchor would not hold and that...

ON llth May the centenary was cele- brated at Douglas, Isle of Man, of the Tower of Refuge on St. Mary's Rock, in the middle of the Bay. This tower was built by Sir William Hillary, the founder of the Institution, and the first stone was...

For some time it has been the practice of apprentice training schools to build clinker boarding boats for the Institution to an RNLI design. It is a practice of mutual benefit because clinker is the most skilled form of boat building, and so... - View image in PDF

IN A TIDE RACE Holyhead, Anglesey. At 6.28 p.m. on 7th July, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht was reported to be in distress off South Stack. Her two occupants had been waving. It was one hour before...

FEBRUARY 21 ST. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.

At 10.50 P.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore near the Penzer Rocks The weather was foggy, with a southerly wind and a moderate sea. At 11.15 P.M. the motor life-boat W...

Mr. John Nott, M.P. for St. Ives, has received a letter from the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. Harold Lever, stating that the service rewards made to members of life-boats crews will continue to be subject to income...

PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.

Obeerm.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, " L. C. Wyon." Double legend, " Royal National Life-boat Institution. Founded in...