LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Fig. i.

Body Plan. Midship Section.

The accompanying figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1...

The Wreck of the "Islander." A TRAGIC disaster occurred on the coast of Cornwall during a severe gale which struck the coast towards the end of August, when the cutter Islander, of the Royal Yacht Squadron, was driven ashore in...

INJURED BOY RESCUED AFTER FALL FROM CLIFF Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire. At 7.25 on the evening of the llth March, 1962, the coxswain received a message from the Abersoch fire brigade that a boy had fallen over the cliff at Cilan Head, and that...

Mainsail jammed A MAYDAY distress signal was received by Portland Coastguard at 1709 on Tuesday April 1 from the yacht Fair Festina whose mainsail was jammed.

There was a gale, force 8, blowing from the west and the sea was...

Whitstable's Atlantic capsizes on service to f[shing^)gats The dangers facing lifeboat crews were cgraphically illustrated at Whitstable on Sunday 3 January 1999 when the station's Atlantic was capsized by a breaking sea soon after...

THE GALE OF THE 19th MAY, 1863.

To THE EDITOR.—SIR,—I am desirous to utilize this gale by a few words for future benefit.

No winds are more difficult to foretell accurately than north-easterly, because...

In Number 43 of this Journal for January, 1862, we gave a description and illustrations of these useful articles, which much facilitate the launching and hauling up of heavy boats and their transport for short distances on the...

JANUARY 9TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON. NORFOLK. At 1 0 A.M. an explosion was heard to the north-east of the life-boat station, and the Gorleston coastguard reported that the Caister Look-out had seen aircraft diving towards the sea,...